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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
You might feel differently about animals other than dogs. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
My daughter has enough trouble taking her wheelchair on an airplane, let alone her comfort caribou. At least it's a step down from her previous comfort friend, a male Manatee called Gerald [she thought it looked a lot like the late President Ford, and I hafta admit, that if you squinted a bit, the likeness was uncanny.] TTTT, I find all this business with 'comfort pets' disquieting, to say the least. Though I guess that Long John Silver would have been alright - clearly disabled, and with a 'comfort' parrot. tac | |||
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You are making this all about you and the other 98% of the people on the plane, how inconsiderate. Think about that poor pussy that couldn't possibly board an airplane without his kitty. Think about how good he felt locking a cat in a small cage and shoving it under someone's seat. Think about the joy of torturing a poor cat - he got to expose it to hoards of people in the airport, being stuffed in a small box, loud noises, acceleration/deceleration, turbulence. Some people really get relaxed by torturing their cats and their fellow flyers. Who are you to say he should be denied this inalienable right? Fuck animals on planes, anyone who does this shit to their animals or the people forced to be in the same flying can as them can FOAD. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Legalize the Constitution |
Well, it wasn’t Southwest, it was American Airlines that let this idiot board their plane. I have written both my senators and my Congresswoman about the necessity of revisiting the Americans with Disabilities Act. It was irresponsible to have passed the law in the first place, without chalk lines, leaving the boundaries of the law to be determined by attorneys and courts. This well-intentioned, but broken law needs to be fixed. BTW, I am not optimistic that Congress will ever take on ADA, it would be difficult, and Congress doesn’t do difficult. [  _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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I spend an inordinate amount of time riding around in airplanes. Sometimes in front driving, sometimes in back. I couldn't care less if someone brings their animal, nor could I care what kind of animal it is. It's just not that big a deal. Over the years, I've transported or carried everything from large quantities of birds to race horses to an airplane full of cattle. We've hauled a load of lions, and a killer whale. As well as dogs, cats, snakes, and german shepherds that took off, but didn't land...they went out the door in flight, tandem. A bit of everything. My one question would be what is securing the horse when everyone else is bracing for impact? Emergency landing, runway overrun, ditching or forced landing...or severe turbulence. What's keeping that horse from flying around the cabin? A 200 lb pony traveling at x knots while things are tossed around the cabin is also a missile. My last deadhead leg was 11 hours and most of it with the seatbelt sign on...where does my friend flicka get buckled in? | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
Airlines are becoming jeepneys  "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Yes, and no. They won't let us hang fringe on the windows or fuzzy dice on the wet compass. | |||
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LMMFAO!!!!!! I traveled on a flight from DFW to SeaTac where the man in front of me had a support animal cat. He had a small crate, and the cat was in the crate under the seat in front of him. As we climbed, don't remember the feet, but we were close to cruise, you know where your ears start popping. Cat got scared, and it shitted, runny shit, and my God alive, the foul stench went row by row. One of the nastiest smells in my entire life. The little frail bitch of a man said "I don't know what to do" and acted like la la la was happening on the plane. Finally after everyone started bitching (I was the first bitching loud about it) the stewardess comes by and forcefully demands he do something about it. "I don't know what to do" he said for the third time. Lady was like SIR, TAKE THE ANIMAL AND CAGE TO THE BATHROOM AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! I mean she was damn near bitching the guy out. This shit is off the chain. I've taken working k9's on a flight with me, in the got damn luggage compartment. Put your animal there dipshit and get yourself a blankie, you'll make it through the flight buttercup. Obviously the blind, ex-soliders with PTSD, well there are obvious exceptions. The damn animal needs to be a certified service animal, not your emotional puppet. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Missed this when it was first posted. So, what is the procedure when someone on the flight is allergic to said service animal? My middle son is highly allergic to horses. They were the highest allergen when we had skin testing done. Horses, ponies, donkeys all cause issues. This is getting beyond ridiculous. | |||
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A Grateful American |
 "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Exactly. We just recently had a thread about people who don’t keep their seatbelts fastened, and not that I care about them, I don’t want a 150 to 350-pound dead weight bouncing off the overhead and into my lap. I am pretty conservative when it comes to blaming and suing others for bad things that happen, but if I was squashed by an animal like that, an attorney would definitely be talking to the airline. “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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Mr. Sigmonkey...I see what you did there...  As to the subject at hand, the airlines really need to nip this in the bud. I doesn't affect me, as I'm up front, but I just don't want the in-flight cabin crew to have to deal with this crap...literally and figuratively. If you can't fly without your widdle puffy wuffy, then take the damned train. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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There was a case some years ago of a Qantas cabin crew that spilled coffee in the galley in a 747. Beneath that area was located the "E&E" bay, where many of the major electrical components in the aircraft were located. The entire aircraft went dark, when shorted. Somewhat of a long shot; it's the only time I'm aware of that this has occurred...but it does beg the question about a pony letting loose. On the other hand, I've had seventy head of cattle (or more) on board all returning their borrowed food and fluid, and managed to make it half way around the world a few dozen times. Oxygen masks are unpleasant to wear, but by comparison to sucking cow odor for 30 hours, it's a delight. Too bad it's in such short supply on board (oxygen, not the cow)... | |||
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Lighten up and laugh |
First thing I'd do if I was in the middle seat is aim the backside to towards her. | |||
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Don't Panic |
Say, has anyone seen my Comfort Tarantula Willis? He was right here next to my Comfort Rattlesnake Jim-Bob when we took off..... | |||
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Hold Fast |
It is kind of cute though.  ****************************************************************************** Never shoot a large caliber man with a small caliber bullet . . . | |||
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Funny Man |
This was my point back on page 1 of this thread, it's absurd. If it doesn't fit under your seat, in the overhead or in a seatbelt it shouldn't be inside the cabin. ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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Jim-Bob ate Willis...   "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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delicately calloused |
Almost 40 years ago while living in Mexico I occasionally rode buses. On these buses were people who were transporting livestock. There were chickens, goats, sheep, ducks etc. I remember the sharp contrast between the culture of the USA and that of Mexico. That was my first experience in a truly 3rd world cesspool. I was grateful to get back to a 1st world lifestyle. Now we are in such decline culturally there is little distinguishing us from developing nation status. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Clearly you've not seen some of the old America West flight attendants... | |||
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