[delorianhawkins]

I was recently on a flight from San Diego to NY where a passenger boarded with a small dog in a carrier. My daughter's allergies are fine as long as the animal stays in the carrier. According to the airline's policy, the pet must remain in the carrier underneath the front seat during the entire flight. This woman immediately took the dog out of the carrier and began kissing it in the mouth (yuk). I asked the flight attendant if I understood the policy correctly as it was written in their inflight magazine. He mentioned that I was correct and asked her to place the dog in the carrier underneath the seat in front of her which she did. Fifteen minutes later, she took the dog out of the carrier and allowed it to walk all over the empty seat next to her. All of the flight attendants began to play with the dog. After 30 minutes of this, my daughter started wheezing. I gave her meds which made her drowsy but allowed her to breath. If the policy didn't state that pets are to remain in the carrier at ALL times, I wouldn't have complained. Knowing that the flight attendants violated their own policy (unless confronted) it makes me wonder what other policies they're violating. When I complained to the airlines, they chose to focus on the fact that pets are allowed in the cabin. Again, if the dog stayed in the carrier and wasn't allowed to walk the seats, my daughter would have been fine.