[The_Judge]

Originally Posted by sugarandspicekidz

The airlines state that they cannot control and guarantee the cargo hold will stay warm enough for a 4 lb dog to survive. If they do not take off right away and are on the runway for a while the cargo hold gets hot or cold. If the weather outside is very hot or very cold, it may be the same in cargo hold. They state that they cannot be responsible for the temperature changes.

Absolutely untrue. Either you or the person you spoke with are not telling the truth. Working for the airline as long as I did, I have heard some good stories. One of them being that while a baggage handler was working in the bin of an aircraft, his silly co-workers locked him in and he got a trip to Chicago from Minneapolis. I guess knowing it was only an hour or so, they thought it was funny. He obviously made it okay and was not frozen to death or cooked on the way. Now the kicker, the airline tried to charge him for employee travel on the trip. Great airline, huh??

Anyway, back to the subject. Cargo holds are completely safe and humane. They are temperature controlled and when there is a problem with the system in the hold where they are kept, they are not allowed to fly. I was in the position that monitored this for a time and I made many a call to the mechanics asking if the particular MEL (minimum equipment list) that was on an aircraft allowed animals to fly or not.

[Butch Cassidy Slept Here]

Midwest Air appears to be actively ENCOURAGING people to travel with their pets!

http://www.midwestairlines.com/Midwe...iles/Pets.aspx

I didn't see the name of the airline charging the $300 in any of the posts. If it was Delta or Northwest that would be a hoot! Delta, through a previous investment made by Northwest, holds a major stake in Midwest.

Among other things you'll note Midwest offers one free "fare," for a pet, after three paid round-trips. It appears the regular "fare" is $100.

Obviously the route system of this airline is limited. I didn't see whether there are restrictions on Midwest Express (commuter) flights.

[The_Judge]

When I left NWA last July.......it was 100 bucks one way to take a pet in the cabin.

[lonniec3]

Originally Posted by The_Judge

When I left NWA last July.......it was 100 bucks one way to take a pet in the cabin.

Delta charges $150. When my daughter paid that to bring me a new puppy the seat next to her had a toddler in Momma's lap. That woman paid $18.00 for the kid!

The puppy slept through the entire flight. The kid was a miserable nuisance.

Lonnie

[mars6423]

true $300 is too much, but it is a flat rate so if it was a long range flight than it woudl be a fair amount in comparison to a human ticket. (my roundtrip flight EWR-SIN was $1700) so even though it is alot $300 is still alot cheaper than a human, but when the ticket isnt as expensive than it looks more relatively unfair, but its something that is charged and cant help anything about it

and also, what does the dog owner exactly expect in the crate? other than having the dog placed down gently? Does he/she expect someone to go down and feed, drink, groom and walk it? The reason that they dont allow food or water for the dog in the crate is due to the fact that during take off, landing and turbulance the contents will go all over the place and whatever was holding the substance could fly up and hurt/kill the pet

dogs and other pets should never be allowed in the cabin (unless special needs dogs) as they are an inconviniance to other passengers, they bark, and if they need to go to the bathroom than what happens? and size does not matter? and you cant always control a dog or pet no matter how hard you train it or how much time you put into the pet, and besides how can someone deem if a dog is well mannered or not?

So if you dont want to pay the fee, or if you dont mind the dog being in the crate, than leave your dog with someone who is responsible and can take care of the dog while you are away, at worst put it in a kennel till you get back......if your dog must go with you than obay the rules

[nsld55]

I am upset that the Airlines have taken off peanuts because someone may be allergic to them yet on my last vacation I had finally gotten off the high dose steriods for my asthma when i was seated next to a lady with her dachshund dog . Needless to say my vacation went to hell because I am allergic to dog and cat dander. The airline decided to move me not the lady with the animal. I paid extra for my extra leg room! Animals should not be allowed on a flight unless it is a Service animal and others should be made aware of that animal is going to be on board! exactly what is the Airline going to do when I completely close off my airway? There are more people allergic to animals than Peanuts!

[Gromit801]

And did you tell the airlines when you made your reservation, that you have pet allergies? You have some responsibility here, and ADA very likely has regulations about service animals, etc.

[Junel13]

I'm reading some of these complaints how some think it's a scam. I'm hear to tell you the dr who writes a comfort letter without any past history of depression and anxiety is putting her license on the line. I for one have a 2 1/2 lb chi . In petrified to fly I have high anxiety just having her calms me where I'm not as anxious. I'm sure like anything else people are going to try to get a letter and there dr might comply . It isn't that easy and again any dr that issues one just like that can get in deep trouble. So people have to realize there will be dogs on the plane big dogs at that. I've seen them . it's either you takes plane and not complain or a bus or train there are other options.