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Old 1st Jul 2021, 10:20
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During an emerg Evac do the animals get left behind? Be interesting to see how some animals behave when the humans panic! We humans fart as pressure drops, some dogs will stink the cabin out!
Dumb idea!
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Old 1st Jul 2021, 11:53
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Would that be a seat next to a window, isle, dog, cat, pony, parakeet...

What would you like, chicken, beef, whiskers, chum, hay, sunflower seeds...
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Old 2nd Jul 2021, 10:24
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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
The Guardian is "mainstream media", thats the funniest thing I've heard for donkeys years, what was that quote about sin attached to Alan Jones comments?
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Old 2nd Jul 2021, 11:20
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Raining cats and dogs?
There was a cargo plane carrying Nissan gearbox parts that exploded midair.
They say it was raining Datsun cogs.
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Old 3rd Jul 2021, 01:45
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Simple: as PIC only seeing eye dogs allowed on my aircraft!
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Old 3rd Jul 2021, 04:47
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Understood! Only PIC’s seeing eye dog allowed.
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Old 3rd Jul 2021, 08:40
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# 25 is the WINNER !!
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Old 3rd Jul 2021, 10:47
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Originally Posted by deja vu
The Guardian is "mainstream media", thats the funniest thing I've heard for donkeys years, what was that quote about sin attached to Alan Jones comments?
Thanks. Saved me from writing that.
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Old 3rd Jul 2021, 11:56
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I don’t have a dog in this race but it’s a pretty crazy idea, especially as the airlines have weightier things
to consider at the moment. But then, maybe it’s not a novel idea: I’ve seen plenty of passengers in First Class cabins behaving like pigs! Perhaps this proposal would legitimise their behaviour?
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Old 4th Jul 2021, 02:32
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For some of the old(er) PNG crew - I remember Bob Walton at Hoskins checking under laplaps for breast feeding piglets in the 1970's on AirNuiGini F27s and DC3s.
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Old 4th Jul 2021, 05:11
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I'd prefer a well-tended pig on the seat to having a PNG highlander wearing assgrass plonk his rear end on it.
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Old 4th Jul 2021, 10:48
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Sh*teHawks

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Falcons are popular on Middle-East carriers.......
Yep, I operated a gold plated luxury 707 for a Sheikh back in the day. After landing the carpets were often covered in bird poo.
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Old 4th Jul 2021, 14:25
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Originally Posted by Shackeng
Yep, I operated a gold plated luxury 707 for a Sheikh back in the day. After landing the carpets were often covered in bird poo.
So, did someone have to spook the birds at departure to lower the take-off weight?
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Old 4th Jul 2021, 14:43
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Originally Posted by WingNut60
So, did someone have to spook the birds at departure to lower the take-off weight?
Yes we tried that, we wondered if the pax might shoot them though as they invariably climbed on with loaded weapons. Fortunately the plane was fitted with STAN (I think it was called) which gave the A/C actual weight while on the ground.
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Old 5th Jul 2021, 00:07
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did someone have to spook the birds at departure to lower the take-off weight?
I'm afraid that won't change a thing.
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Old 5th Jul 2021, 00:15
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Originally Posted by WingNut60
So, did someone have to spook the birds at departure to lower the take-off weight?
Didn’t Charles Lindbergh disprove this?
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Old 5th Jul 2021, 04:00
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I'm afraid that won't change a thing.
Maybe if they were on a conveyor belt too?
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Old 5th Jul 2021, 04:12
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Not just for the big boys - it means I won't have to keep renewing my permit ($$) to have my suitably restrained and well behaved dog in the back seat of my 172!
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Old 5th Jul 2021, 09:55
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Anyone cruel enough to subject their pets to the horrors of domestic air travel in Australia should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Old 5th Jul 2021, 10:35
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Love it, dv. Love it!

Domestic commercial air travel in the cabin should be specifically prohibited in animal cruelty legislation.
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