Mr Hockey,who walked the track in 2006,praised Fearnley’s athletic feat.
"That is the most remarkable human feat I have ever heard of,"he said."Having done the Kokoda Track with two reasonable legs,I’ll tell you that it was damn hard and for someone to crawl their way through that track is just the most amazing feat of human endurance. I still am absolutely amazed that he could do it."
The incident with Jetstar occurred at the weekend after Fearnley returned from the Kokoda Track.
"I said there is not a chance that I am going to sit there and be pushed through an airport,"he told the National Disability Awards dinner in Canberra yesterday.