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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I brought my elderly, ill cat on a transatlantic flight using the “support pet” angle when i was moving back to the US.  Nobody knew she was there, tucked under the seat in front of me.

I realize that size prevents it being an option for most dogs, but ones that can fit in a carrier should be in one and — at the very least — dogs should be muzzled and harnessed.  I don’t care if “he wouldn’t hurt a fly.”  I wouldn’t plunk my cat down next to a person and expect them to be happy.  Why do people expect it with dogs?[/quote]

Why didn't you just pay the fee to bring a small animal with you in the cabin?  Your cat doesn't have to be a "support pet."[/quote]

At the time, all animals traveling to/from the uk had to fly in the hold, but it was an American airline and honored the request.  So I did pay a fee ($250?).  It wasn’t about being cheap.  When we moved there several years before, she was in good health and flew in the hold as required.

I was under the impression that people would be pissed about any animal in the cabin (other than a legit service dog) whether it was a “support pet” or not.

She didn’t leave the carrier on the flight, and my family had the whole row — people were spared my cat and my child.

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I would say that the majority of people do not have a problem with small pets in carriers on flights... as long as the pet remains in their carrier and the owner has paid the appropriate fee and doesn't claim any "emotional support" ridiculousness.

We do have a few vocal, hyper-allergic people who are dismayed at pets on flights, [b]but that is their issue to deal with[/b].[/quote]

What a selfish ass you are.[/quote]

Really? That seems a bit harsh. I have always owned big dogs, so whenever I have flown with one (thankfully, rarely), they are in the cargo hold. But people are allowed to bring their small pets in the cabin. And yes, highly allergic people just have to deal with it. In life, we all have to deal with things. If you insisted that all flights become pet-free to accommodate you, would you consider yourself a selfish ass?[/quote]

New poster, not the person you're responding to, immediate PP: Obviously you aren't, and don't have any loved one who is, highly allergic to anything, or you wouldn't have your "deal with it" attitude.

We're not talking about a few sneezes here. Or about allergic people being able to move away from the allergen. We're talking about some people for whom breathing in a confined space with an animal is potentially dangerous--[b]it can trigger asthma, close off breathing, cause horrible skin reactions and eye reactions in some people. And in a plane they cannot necessarily move far enough from the animal to be safe. The presence of the animal inside the cabin is totally avoidable: The animal (large or small) can go in the hold. The human passenger can't.

Don't carp about how "well, anyone THAT allergic just shouldn't fly, then!" That puts animals before humans. Animals can fly where it's appropriate for them--in the hold, not in a confined cabin space. [/b]

Do you also think airlines should bring back peanuts served on board, because people with peanut allergies should "just have to deal with it"? I'm betting you'd say yes. After all, only a few people might be allergic on a given flight, right? Or none at all! So why accommodate for allergies when the chance of one person going into anaphylactic shock or having an asthma attack is low? Right?

Yeah. Selfish.
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Highly allergic person here. Thank you posting this, pp. Sometimes I feel like asthma and allergies are really the last frontier as far as disabilities are concerned. Have any sort of support animal? Step right up, who cares if the animal bites, poops on someone, jumps on people, it's all good. Have a severe animal allergy? Tough luck, just stay home, why should everyone have to change their lives to accommodate youuuuu? I spend every single day of my life in a constant state of anxiety because of severe allergies that can trigger full body hives and my airway closing because people have decided taking their dog into every single public space imaginable is now a good idea. I have to call ahead everywhere I go to make sure it's not dog friendly, but even when places are not dog friendly, so many people have these bogus support animals now I am constantly having to leave public places. I have family in other states I haven't seen in years because I can't fly. It's all really tiring.

That was a long rant, but yeah, thanks for sticking up for us allergic people. [/quote]

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