United’s done a lot of damage to its customers (i.e., pushing old men to the floor, bashing people’s heads in) and reputation over the last few years, but if they wanted to choose a way to tarnish their image forever, literally murdering puppies is about the most potent one. I hope they wither and die.
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I understand that. It might make sense for the airlines to create an empathy class for FA’s by taking a good sampling of headline making failures have made over the past few years. Maybe they already have this training, perhaps they need refresher courses for some employees. The other thing is that some people are simply petty power mongers and insist on rules when common sense and decency would suggest that those rules have little merit.
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Crushed under other people’s luggage? Bags move around a lot in those bins, especially if they aren’t full. You can hear them tossing about in there when there’s turbulence.
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Way off topic and not relevant to the OP, but the 787 in particular is pressurized more than other aircfraft (yay composites): https://apex.aero/2015/12/10/turning-down-the-cabin-pressure
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Many airlines now forbid brachycephalic breeds, also known as short-faced or snub-nosed dogs, from their planes. That has caused great inconvenience for the owners of the affected dogs, which include popular breeds like pugs and bulldogs, but has opened a niche for a few companies that cater specifically to pet travel.
Looks like they have been dying in the hold as well. Seriously, owning a dog which can hardly breathe is cruel.
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People of 2018 find that they can’t avoid it.
People of 1935-2000 somehow found a way to.
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“We’re here for your safety” is the mantra of every U.S. flight attendant. I’ve heard flight attendants state that phrase verbatim many times. With that belief, and with strict rules on interfering with a flight crew, U.S. flight attendants tend to think of themselves as cops.
What was this passenger whose pup got stuffed in the overhead compartment going to do, with the threat of arrest hanging over the transaction?
Yeah, I get it that some passengers need to be arrested, but so many more are bullied because U.S. rules give flight crews certain authority, and as is the case for a lot of authority given to people who shouldn’t, it gets abused.
By comparison, the relaxed atmosphere on non-U.S. carriers is obvious and is felt immediately.
Having said all that, yeah, still no animals in the cabin other than valid service animals.
…bruh, airlines having standards and procedures for carrying pets has been around for decades.
You’re acting like something invented in the early 60s is some weird new concept customers shouldn’t expect to receive as a service from an airline offering said service.
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I have flown maybe 15-20 times a year since the mid '80s.
Prior to about 2005, I don’t think I saw more than five dogs on a plane over a twenty year period. And all of them were seeing eye dogs.
Nowadays, it’s a dog or dogs on every 3-4 flights. And not one out of ten is a service dog.
I’m a dog lover. Have three of them at home. They don’t fly with me. Not ever.
That’s because the old standard was a pressurized cargo hold separate from the passenger section (still is for dogs too large to fit in a carry-on bag), not because no one brought their dogs along.
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