Update from Jet 2

We want to thank everyone who has messaged and supported us since I published my blog about the way Jack and our family were treated by Jet 2 last week.

As a family we decided to focus this week on doing fun things with Jack to reinforce to him the many things that he is good at. He had a great day in the lab with Dr Pisconti learning about the work you help us fund through Joining Jack, and of course he was very proud of the 12lb fish he caught with Josh Charnley yesterday.

The day after the incident at Split airport Jack was very down and not the usual happy Jack that we all know and love. Being made to feel like he was a problem in front of so many people undoubtedly had a negative impact on him. I talked to Jack about what he wanted me to do about this and he said he wanted to make sure this never happened to any of his friends with Duchenne.

I have spoken to Jet 2 at great length to explain how negative experiences like these affect people living with disabilities. They agreed lessons will be learnt from what happened to Jack.

I hope that by us speaking out we may have created changes that will hopefully benefit other passengers flying with disabilities.

Jet 2 have agreed to donate £5,000 to the Virgin Money Page I set up in preparation for us cycling from London to Paris next year for the Duchenne Dash, when we will be raising funds for Joining Jack and Duchenne UK to advance research and the treatment of everyone living with Duchenne.