United forces woman to put puppy in overhead bid, where it dies during flight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't bring dogs on planes at all. Except for certified service animals.

The airline is at fault, but who in the heck flys with a baby, a small child AND a puppy? Stop doing this people. It's kinder to the animal and the rest of the passengers to leave it at home. If you can't afford to board the dog or have a dog sitter, you can't afford to fly and own a dog.

You're allowed to have a pet in a carrier that fits under the seat, which is what this family had. I can't believe all you assholes who are blaming the victims here.

If a flight attendant told me to put my dog in the overhead they would have to Taser me or escort me off the plane, because I would never do it.

That flight attendant should be fired and charged with animal cruelty.

[Anonymous]

Did you see that yesterday United sent a couple's dog to Japan by accident?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you see that yesterday United sent a couple's dog to Japan by accident?!

Unreal. And people wonder why an owner would prefer to have their dogs ride with them on the plane.

Dogs aren't luggage. They have feelings, they need to be cared for, fed, watered, walked.

Those poor people must be frantic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't bring dogs on planes at all. Except for certified service animals.

The airline is at fault, but who in the heck flys with a baby, a small child AND a puppy? Stop doing this people. It's kinder to the animal and the rest of the passengers to leave it at home. If you can't afford to board the dog or have a dog sitter, you can't afford to fly and own a dog.

You're allowed to have a pet in a carrier that fits under the seat, which is what this family had. I can't believe all you assholes who are blaming the victims here.

If a flight attendant told me to put my dog in the overhead they would have to Taser me or escort me off the plane, because I would never do it.

That flight attendant should be fired and charged with animal cruelty.

I agree. And I almost never say that a person should lose their job. But in this case, I think that the FA should be fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you see that yesterday United sent a couple's dog to Japan by accident?!

Unreal. And people wonder why an owner would prefer to have their dogs ride with them on the plane.

Dogs aren't luggage. They have feelings, they need to be cared for, fed, watered, walked.

Those poor people must be frantic.

I don't think anyone wonders why dog owners would prefer to have their dogs with them. There are many things I'd prefer that I can't have. Life's full of disappointments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't bring dogs on planes at all. Except for certified service animals.

The airline is at fault, but who in the heck flys with a baby, a small child AND a puppy? Stop doing this people. It's kinder to the animal and the rest of the passengers to leave it at home. If you can't afford to board the dog or have a dog sitter, you can't afford to fly and own a dog.

You're allowed to have a pet in a carrier that fits under the seat, which is what this family had. I can't believe all you assholes who are blaming the victims here.

If a flight attendant told me to put my dog in the overhead they would have to Taser me or escort me off the plane, because I would never do it.

That flight attendant should be fired and charged with animal cruelty.

It didn't fit under the seat, even the sympathetic passengers have acknowledged it was sticking out into the aisle. If it fit under the seat, the flight attendant isn't going to bother going out of her way to find bags to move into the overhead bin because those bins are always overfull the FAs end up having to move stuff around or gate check stuff to make it all fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dogs should not be traveling in the cabin. I am very allergic and I could die.

Then you shouldn’t fly. It isn’t everyone else’s reposibiliry to accommodate your needy condition.

Agree.

Non service dogs shoukd not fly in cabins.

It is not everyone's responisbilkty to pretend your dog is more important than a human.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't bring dogs on planes at all. Except for certified service animals.

The airline is at fault, but who in the heck flys with a baby, a small child AND a puppy? Stop doing this people. It's kinder to the animal and the rest of the passengers to leave it at home. If you can't afford to board the dog or have a dog sitter, you can't afford to fly and own a dog.

You're allowed to have a pet in a carrier that fits under the seat, which is what this family had. I can't believe all you assholes who are blaming the victims here.

If a flight attendant told me to put my dog in the overhead they would have to Taser me or escort me off the plane, because I would never do it.

That flight attendant should be fired and charged with animal cruelty.

It didn't fit under the seat, even the sympathetic passengers have acknowledged it was sticking out into the aisle. If it fit under the seat, the flight attendant isn't going to bother going out of her way to find bags to move into the overhead bin because those bins are always overfull the FAs end up having to move stuff around or gate check stuff to make it all fit.

O.k then United has to figure out how that dog carrier got onto the plane because somehow that got through routine screening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:United needs to clean house and replace basically every member of it's management team and apparently the rest of its staff as well. It's a garbage airline run by garbage people. I would gladly stop flying them over this latest incident, had I not already vowed never to fly them again years ago after one too many horrible experiences. I will (and have) happily pay more to fly anyone else.

They also need to update their pet policy to legitimate licensed service dogs only.

Amazon certificates do not count.

There should be specific vetted legitimate training programs that can license a service dog for legitimate handicaps.

Those who need service dogs wait a great deal of time and spend a lot of money to get a trained dog to help them with their disability.

Every selfish entitled dog person who exploits the ADA accomodations for service dogs should be fined as much or more than the fine for parking in a handicap parking space.

[Anonymous]

I have tried to figure this out but haven't seen anything about:

did the woman ever check on the dog during the flight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dogs should not be traveling in the cabin. I am very allergic and I could die.

Then you shouldn’t fly. It isn’t everyone else’s reposibiliry to accommodate your needy condition.

Agree.

Non service dogs shoukd not fly in cabins.

It is not everyone's responisbilkty to pretend your dog is more important than a human.

If United has a policy that allows pets to ride in the cabin in approved carriers, that means that pets are allowed to ride in the cabin in approved carriers. The owners pay an extra fee for this which United is happy to accept from them.

If you don't like the pet policies, you can find another airline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't bring dogs on planes at all. Except for certified service animals.

The airline is at fault, but who in the heck flys with a baby, a small child AND a puppy? Stop doing this people. It's kinder to the animal and the rest of the passengers to leave it at home. If you can't afford to board the dog or have a dog sitter, you can't afford to fly and own a dog.

You're allowed to have a pet in a carrier that fits under the seat, which is what this family had. I can't believe all you assholes who are blaming the victims here.

If a flight attendant told me to put my dog in the overhead they would have to Taser me or escort me off the plane, because I would never do it.

That flight attendant should be fired and charged with animal cruelty.

It didn't fit under the seat, even the sympathetic passengers have acknowledged it was sticking out into the aisle. If it fit under the seat, the flight attendant isn't going to bother going out of her way to find bags to move into the overhead bin because those bins are always overfull the FAs end up having to move stuff around or gate check stuff to make it all fit.

O.k then United has to figure out how that dog carrier got onto the plane because somehow that got through routine screening.

It's possible that it was of a size that could be collapsed to fit under the seat, but then the dog wasn't cooperating so that it would actually fit. Would you prefer that the carrier be left hanging out into the aisle so that the dog got its skull crushed by another passenger stepping on it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have tried to figure this out but haven't seen anything about:

did the woman ever check on the dog during the flight?

No, she didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't bring dogs on planes at all. Except for certified service animals.

The airline is at fault, but who in the heck flys with a baby, a small child AND a puppy? Stop doing this people. It's kinder to the animal and the rest of the passengers to leave it at home. If you can't afford to board the dog or have a dog sitter, you can't afford to fly and own a dog.

You're allowed to have a pet in a carrier that fits under the seat, which is what this family had. I can't believe all you assholes who are blaming the victims here.

If a flight attendant told me to put my dog in the overhead they would have to Taser me or escort me off the plane, because I would never do it.

That flight attendant should be fired and charged with animal cruelty.

It didn't fit under the seat, even the sympathetic passengers have acknowledged it was sticking out into the aisle. If it fit under the seat, the flight attendant isn't going to bother going out of her way to find bags to move into the overhead bin because those bins are always overfull the FAs end up having to move stuff around or gate check stuff to make it all fit.

O.k then United has to figure out how that dog carrier got onto the plane because somehow that got through routine screening.

It's possible that it was of a size that could be collapsed to fit under the seat, but then the dog wasn't cooperating so that it would actually fit. Would you prefer that the carrier be left hanging out into the aisle so that the dog got its skull crushed by another passenger stepping on it?

I don't understand why it couldn't have been turned so that it was part way under the seat and part way under the owner's feet rather than sticking out into the aisle. I am having a hard time visualizing this actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have tried to figure this out but haven't seen anything about:

did the woman ever check on the dog during the flight?

No, she didn't.

apparently there was turbulence the whole time, 3.5 hours, so they weren't allowed to get up. Dog barked the first 2 hours. Ugh, so sad.