The Commonwealth Economy Class Tragedy! An elderly Australian lady was visiting her daughter in Calgary last year when she was diagnosed with "Economy Class Syndrome," AKA Deep-Vein Thrombosis, a condition that can kill you if you sit motionless in a crappy little airplane seat for too long. She applied to stay in Canada while she received treatment for the disease, but the Canadian immigration trolls are sending her back to Oz, along with her daughter. Originally, she was meant to fly via England, but the Brits are worried she'll claim refugee status when she touches down, so they won't let her land there, either.
"My mother refuses to get on a plane to Australia," Veronica Sweeney has said.
"She has said she'd go to jail rather than get on a plane to Australia. I mean, just from Hawaii to Sydney can be 14 hours if there are headwinds. We believe it would be a death sentence."
