It's raining cats and dogs on board.
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I was on an internal flight to Florida a few years back. Someone had a small parrot in a travel cage with them. It escaped when we were at cruising altitude and it flew the full length of the cabin then perched on the back of a seat near me. It was harmless but the terrified reaction of some passengers was surprisingly hilarious. One chap wanted it put off the plane! Another claimed he would now get bird 'flu and would be suing the airline. Another one almost dived to the floor. All grown men...at first glance, anyway.
I'll be bringing my companion horse.
I was on an internal flight to Florida a few years back. Someone had a small parrot in a travel cage with them. It escaped when we were at cruising altitude and it flew the full length of the cabin then perched on the back of a seat near me. It was harmless but the terrified reaction of some passengers was surprisingly hilarious. One chap wanted it put off the plane! Another claimed he would now get bird 'flu and would be suing the airline. Another one almost dived to the floor. All grown men...at first glance, anyway.
What are CASA smoking with such daft regulation? A quick google search of what has happened overseas with this should be reason enough to ban all animals except guide dogs in the cabin. Then when the inevitable happens and someone gets bitten or urinated on by an animal how are the regulator and the airlines going to defend it? Where is the duty of care? How will they defend a small child getting mauled?
I don't understand how CASA can be so ridiculously pedantic in the way they regulate aviation in this country yet they will allow such stupidity as this. It's an offence for the captain to take a toilet break during flight but bring on your emotion support donkey and pitbull no problems.
I don't understand how CASA can be so ridiculously pedantic in the way they regulate aviation in this country yet they will allow such stupidity as this. It's an offence for the captain to take a toilet break during flight but bring on your emotion support donkey and pitbull no problems.
FIFY:
CASA probably did a survey of punters and asked them:
(1) Would you feel more comfortable on a flight if you could bring a companion animal?
(2) Would you feel comfortable on a flight if the pilot in command left the cockpit?
<snip> I don't understand how CASA can be so ridiculously pedantic in the way they regulate some aspects of aviation in this country yet they will allow such stupidity as this. It's an offence for the captain to take a toilet break during flight but bring on your emotion support donkey and pitbull no problems.
(1) Would you feel more comfortable on a flight if you could bring a companion animal?
(2) Would you feel comfortable on a flight if the pilot in command left the cockpit?
OK, now we have a mainstream media report rather than Alan Jones trying to provoke outrage:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-are-hesitant
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-are-hesitant
That would be awesome, I can smell when my German Shepherd takes a dump in the yard 10 metres away, that would go down well in a sealed cabin. Closely followed by 50 people vomiting.
We are a nation of snowflakes. I can’t be bothered dealing with all the Karen’s down back wanting to speak to my team about other people’s dogs and cats on every bloody flight.
Perhaps Rex being a country battler airline they could let its pax bring the whole farm yard onboard. Plenty of empty seats to strap in the whole gang.
Descent
Used to rain cats and dogs on me during descent on the DC10...had it in business class on a BA747 flying to ANC which turned out one of the crew had plugged the overflow in the first class galley sink and forgotten it.
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I was going to say half the passengers on many of my fights act just as bad as that.
We are a nation of snowflakes. I can’t be bothered dealing with all the Karen’s down back wanting to speak to my team about other people’s dogs and cats on every bloody flight.
Perhaps Rex being a country battler airline they could let its pax bring the whole farm yard onboard. Plenty of empty seats to strap in the whole gang.
We are a nation of snowflakes. I can’t be bothered dealing with all the Karen’s down back wanting to speak to my team about other people’s dogs and cats on every bloody flight.
Perhaps Rex being a country battler airline they could let its pax bring the whole farm yard onboard. Plenty of empty seats to strap in the whole gang.
What are CASA smoking with such daft regulation? A quick google search of what has happened overseas with this should be reason enough to ban all animals except guide dogs in the cabin. Then when the inevitable happens and someone gets bitten or urinated on by an animal how are the regulator and the airlines going to defend it? Where is the duty of care? How will they defend a small child getting mauled?
I don't understand how CASA can be so ridiculously pedantic in the way they regulate aviation in this country yet they will allow such stupidity as this. It's an offence for the captain to take a toilet break during flight but bring on your emotion support donkey and pitbull no problems.
I don't understand how CASA can be so ridiculously pedantic in the way they regulate aviation in this country yet they will allow such stupidity as this. It's an offence for the captain to take a toilet break during flight but bring on your emotion support donkey and pitbull no problems.
short flights long nights
Actually, some of the people I see flying these days.. I’d prefer the dog.
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2) Depends if he was wearing a parachute.
