If you plan to complain about animals on planes - Page 14

katmom · ‎03-10-2010

Her story makes absolutely no sense! Did she not think that dogs are in airports for security reasons and are used for sniffing?

If she was "deathly" allergic to dogs she could have had a reaction before she even boarded the plane. Dogs are everywhere.

This lady may have ulterior motives. I will be watching for further news about this and hope Southwest doesn't give her a dime. If this goes to court she will have to produce proof of deathly dog allergy. I would bet she won't be able to do that.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@Laura14 wrote:
@Moonchilde She demanded an Epi-Pen from the airline? OMG I just spit out my tea! Last I checked, you needed a doctor's prescription for one of those.

I guess the next time I fly, I'm going to demand Dr. Delta breaks out their Oxycontin and Viagra just for fun along with my peanuts.

Is she insane? What's next? Anti-depressant dispensing at the TSA check-in to help with the long lines?

While I am all for meds to help with the flying experience and help in dealing with the public in general, I think the FDA may have an issue with her request.

If TSA dispensef anti-depressants, I'm afraid that there wouldn't be any left over for the passengers! *lol*

esmerelda · ‎03-10-2010

I have not read all of fhe posts because...well, frankly, life is just too short. I'm sure many good points have been made.

I only want to say that I'm sure peanuts were removed from flights only after thousands of people presented their peanut allergy letters to the airlines. Right?

And like the woman who had the big "service" dog with no vest at the restaurant, many dogs and pets in general are presented as service animals when they are not. Easy enough to get a paper that swears to it just so someone can cart their animal around with them wherever they go...airplanes, restaurants, anywhere...as if it were their human child.

Stupid, annoying, dishonest, etc. IMO.

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Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@katmom wrote:
Her story makes absolutely no sense! Did she not think that dogs are in airports for security reasons and are used for sniffing?
If she was "deathly" allergic to dogs she could have had a reaction before she even boarded the plane. Dogs are everywhere.

This lady may have ulterior motives. I will be watching for further news about this and hope Southwest doesn't give her a dime. If this goes to court she will have to produce proof of deathly dog allergy. I would bet she won't be able to do that.

May have ulterior motives? ;-)

Having done a tiny bit of research on her, I think it's conceivable that she might find someone who would do it for future flights. For this instance, I think it's probably too high profile, with too many things that indicate she was just having an allergy-less hissyfit, for someone to do it.

And, 24+ hours later I haven't seen anyone from her family verifying her statements, or from a doctor who treats her backing up her claims. Oops.

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Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
@Moonchilde She demanded an Epi-Pen from the airline? OMG I just spit out my tea! Last I checked, you needed a doctor's prescription for one of those.

I guess the next time I fly, I'm going to demand Dr. Delta breaks out their Oxycontin and Viagra just for fun along with my peanuts.

Is she insane? What's next? Anti-depressant dispensing at the TSA check-in to help with the long lines?

While I am all for meds to help with the flying experience and help in dealing with the public in general, I think the FDA may have an issue with her request.

@Laura14 - hey, give me some Valium and I won't consume any alcohol on the flight ;-)

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@jaxs mom wrote:
The whole thing is just mind boggling. No medication, no medical documentation, no cooperation, in fact the complete opposite and why does she think her being a professor would change any part of this altercation that she instigated in the first place?

And she demanded that they provide an epi-pen! She certainly doesn't seem to take her own life-threatening allergy seriously enough to carry one on her own.

GenXmuse · ‎05-15-2016

As long as there are no "snakes on the plane!"

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@esmerelda wrote:
I have not read all of fhe posts because...well, frankly, life is just too short. I'm sure many good points have been made.

I only want to say that I'm sure peanuts were removed from flights only after thousands of people presented their peanut allergy letters to the airlines. Right?

And like the woman who had the big "service" dog with no vest at the restaurant, many dogs and pets in general are presented as service animals when they are not. Easy enough to get a paper that swears to it just so someone can cart their animal around with them wherever they go...airplanes, restaurants, anywhere...as if it were their human child.

Stupid, annoying, dishonest, etc. IMO.

I imagine that peanuts were removed from flights carrying someone highly allergic because it's extremely well documented completely outside of flying that peanut allergies are frequently life-threatening and shocklingly almost immediately deadly in many cases. And more common than people think.

The incidence of serious/severe reactions to animals anywhere in public, not just on airplanes, is very small. Dogs and their dander are everywhere in public. As far as I've been able to google, there hasn't been a death or a true medical emergency requiring emergency landing or ambulance to ER from allergies to animals.

Everything I've found from the airlines says it's the human passenger who will be booted, not the animal. The burden is on the person with the severe allergy every time. That's the FAA's decision.

There are starting to be just as many people claiming fake allergies as there are people claiming pets are comfort animals.

For the record, I hate that jerky, entitled people claim little Foo-Foo or Porky as an ESA. IMO the requirements should be much stricter and people more held to account. But not my rules, the FAA's and the airlines'.

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aprilskies · ‎03-09-2010

@sunshine45 wrote:
you can pay for your dogs to be on the plane.

when that woman knew that two dogs were on the plane she should have told the flight attendant immediately, asked to be booked on another plane that did not have dogs on it, and she should carry some type of doctors note that states she has a severe allergy. if it was THAT life threatening she should have left the plane immediately.

Exactly right. And as others have said, make sure you bring medication with you. You don't know what you will encounter traveling. Another person wanting 15 mins and a possible lawsuit.

esmeraldagooch · ‎03-10-2010

Carrying pets on board is expensive. It cost me $125.00 to bring my dog from Atlanta to Sacramento in a pet carrier under the seat. This was not just a bring my pet for a fun vacation, she would have been left home for that, it was to safely move her in the cabin instead of in the belly of the plane when we moved to CA. I also was required to have my vet sign a letter for the airline and buy a aproved carrier.