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What passengers often use to deplane.

As used by the airlines, an extensible walkway that is articulated and usually enclosed. It kind of looks like a stretched out accordian from the outside. It is positioned so that passengers can walk from the terminal building to the door of the aircraft in comfort and safety.
The passengers walked down the jetway to board their flight to Norway.
Jetway by Athene Airheart May 15, 2004
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The path of feminine hair leading from a woman's navel to her "secret garden."
She really gets off when her girlfriend licks her jetway right before diving into he carpet.
Jetway by mangus May 14, 2004
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a portable bridge placed against an aircraft door to allow passengers to embark or disembark.
The passengers disembarked from the plane onto the jetway.
Jetway by Arminkshipper August 15, 2024

Jetway Jesus

A mythical figure colloquially known in the airline industry believed to miraculously 'heal' passengers who request wheelchairs or any other form of mobility assistance at their point of departure but mysteriously no longer need it upon their arrival. The sudden recovery is often attributed to the miraculous intervention of 'Jetway Jesus'. The term reflects the cynical humor often employed by airline employees due to the perceived misuse of accessibility services by able-bodied passengers.
After helping a passenger in a wheelchair onto the plane, I was surprised to see her walk off unassisted at the destination. Looks like we've had another visit from Jetway Jesus.
Jetway Jesus by HappyCleaner82 November 21, 2023

jetway jesus

The act of a person using a wheelchair to obtain early boarding on a (usually) Southwest Airlines flight, only to miraculously be cured and not require the wheelchair to deplane at the destination. The scourge of passengers who follow the rules because those passengers board first and take up the prime front seats. Quite common on flights to Florida.
We had eight Jetway Jesus passengers on our flight.
jetway jesus by Iureport March 27, 2024

Jetway Jesus

When people fake the use of a wheelchair to get early boarding on a flight, but when the flight lands and they are miraculously able to walk off the plane on their own two feet, they've been "healed" by Jetway Jesus.
My flight yesterday had 10 people who needed wheelchairs to board and only two who needed wheelchairs to get off. Jetway Jesus must've been really busy on that flight!
Jetway Jesus by ahirebet July 23, 2024

Jetway Jesus

A term that no one uses and one guy decided to come up with as away of spreading ableist ignorance.

Ignorance about mobility aids use are the reason people give ambulatory wheelchair users attitude, harass them, and interrogate them. The majority of wheelchair users are ambulatory wheelchair users; meaning they are able to walk or stand for certain short amounts of time. The process of standing in line to check your baggage, then walking to TSA, then standing in line to go through TSA, and then walking to your terminal (this doesn’t even account for if you need food) can either be entirely too much for a person with a disability or chronic illness, or exasperate their pain to the extreme. That entire process should also, not be compared to the less than 50 feet it takes to walk to your wheelchair.
Some guy on Urban Dictionary: Wow, look at those people walk off the plane to their wheelchairs! Jetway Jesus must have healed them.

Me: You don’t need to be paralyzed to need a wheelchair. Most wheelchair users can walk some distance. 😑
Jetway Jesus by klavuu01 August 15, 2024