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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a terrible story and I feel for those who saw a dead puppy as they deplaned, owners included. I say this as someone who doesn't like dogs.

However, I can't help but think the current of culture of "I'll take my pet everywhere with me and invoke the law to sue you if you challenge me, be damned!" contributed to the flight attendant's thought process that resulted the dog's placement in the overhead bin. I imagine that air stewards are fed up with passengers who think the rules apply to everyone except them. I work in an industry that utilizes similar protocols as aviation (healthcare), and I can attest that visitors and patients toe the line between acceptable and non-acceptable use of animals in healthcare environments.

Pretty much anyone can claim their pet is a "support animal" nowadays, and depending on where and how they do it, they can get away with it without having to produce documentation or proof beyond the stupid vest they bought on Amazon or bogus certificate they procured on the internet.

The flight attendant made an error in judgment by asking the family to place the dog in the overhead compartment and is going to have to live with the professional and personal repercussions, even if they are needlessly severe and invasive. I'm interested in learning more about the circumstances led to that even happening. [/quote]

Her incompetence and actions led directly to the death of an innocent animal.  She has totally earned any professional repercussions that she gets.  if she is found to have been deliberately cruel, she should face criminal charges, too.  [/quote]

If you're talking about the irresponsible owner, I agree. [/quote]

The owner actually followed airline procedure.  It was the airline employee who effed up and caused the death of an innocent animal and is now apparently lying about the extent of her involvement.....shameful.[/quote]

Where is your evidence that the the airline employee is "lying?" You're hearing one extremely biased account. An no, the owner wasn't following airline procedure, if the carrier was blocking the aisle. [/quote]

If the carrier was blocking the aisle then it either needed to go under the seat as required OR the owner should have been asked to disembark.  Putting the dog into an airless compartment was not the proper solution.  I'm guessing that the owner wasn't happy about it but had no idea that her dog's life was in danger being stowed up there.  The flight attendant on the other hand absolutely should have been aware that stowing a pet up there was not a safe thing to do.

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Why does a flight attendant have more responsibility and insight than the dog's owner? The owner should have gotten off the plane instead of agreeing to the move. Your animal, your choice, your responsibility. [/quote]

Because the FA knows all the airlines policies and procedures, and knows what is safe and what isn't. The FA flies on an airplane all day. The passenger doesn't. If the FA said it's safe to put the dog in the overhead, then it should be safe -- after all, the FA flies all day and should know what is safe or not right?[/quote]

Except that's not what happened. The flight attended claimed she didn't know an animal was in the carrier, not that "it's perfectly safe."

Even if that was the case, an owner should know their animal's tolerance more than a flight attendant. It's YOUR animal. You make the decisions. If the owner truly felt concern, she should have left the plane. [/quote]

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