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This evening I worked upfront on an AB321 from SFO-CLT. Seated in 1D and 1F were a very nice older couple. They flew S5 so I assume that they are retired USAir. Upon deplaning, they pulled out a carry-on from the overhead and guess what was in it? A Jack Russell Terrier. We were in total shock. This dog did not make a peep the whole five hours and was still breathing. We managed to say, "Is that a dog"? They grinned proudly and said, "Why yes it is"!!
 
USCREW said:
This evening I worked upfront on an AB321 from SFO-CLT. Seated in 1D and 1F were a very nice older couple. They flew S5 so I assume that they are retired USAir. Upon deplaning, they pulled out a carry-on from the overhead and guess what was in it? A Jack Russell Terrier. We were in total shock. This dog did not make a peep the whole five hours and was still breathing. We managed to say, "Is that a dog"? They grinned proudly and said, "Why yes it is"!!
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"Way to go TSA"

"Fido" could have been "rigged" to go BOOM :shock:

NH/BB's

I wonder if "jack russell" had to answer a "call to nature" ? :down: :down:
 
RLMAO

Well, aren't they lucky nobody tried to squeeze their luggage in that overhead.
 
USCREW said:
This evening I worked upfront on an AB321 from SFO-CLT. Seated in 1D and 1F were a very nice older couple. They flew S5 so I assume that they are retired USAir. Upon deplaning, they pulled out a carry-on from the overhead and guess what was in it? A Jack Russell Terrier. We were in total shock. This dog did not make a peep the whole five hours and was still breathing. We managed to say, "Is that a dog"? They grinned proudly and said, "Why yes it is"!!
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Reminds me of when my wife and I flew PHX-DTW. We brought our Weener dog, a dachshund mix, with us. Weener was put in a suitable doggie-carrying bag, which was black, and so is she, so she's almost invisible in there. We put her under the seat in front of us. A while into the flight, she started moving around, and the guy in the window seat got really big eyes when he saw that bag moving! It was great! She made friends with the FAs, too.
 
USCREW said:
This evening I worked upfront on an AB321 from SFO-CLT. Seated in 1D and 1F were a very nice older couple. They flew S5 so I assume that they are retired USAir. Upon deplaning, they pulled out a carry-on from the overhead and guess what was in it? A Jack Russell Terrier. We were in total shock. This dog did not make a peep the whole five hours and was still breathing. We managed to say, "Is that a dog"? They grinned proudly and said, "Why yes it is"!!
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SOmetimes retirement is a really good thing... unless you're their Jack.
 
The dog incident was just the final topping to this mad flight. Seated in 1A was Mr. S. who flew in from Bombay to SFO. During inflight he had an interesting exchange with the "A" F/A, Ms. M.

Mr. S.: What's on the menu?

Ms. M.: We have breaded chicken breast with mozzarella and pasta w/ marinara sauce. We also have a turkey and chicken calzone w/ a romano marinara sauce.

Mr. S.: Oh, I can't eat that. I'll just have a fried egg sandwich.

Ms. M.: A FRIED EGG SANDWICH? We don't have that.

Mr. S.: Well, you just said that you had chicken.

Ms. M.: Yea, but they're dead and cooked.

Mr. S.: Okay. I'm really hungry so I'll take THREE chickens.

Ms. M.: Uh...We're full in first class so I'll have to see if there will be any left-overs. (Big eye-roll towards me).

While I slave away in the galley, Mr. S. watches my every move, and watches all the food being prepared and served pass his row. At the very end, we had one calzone left, and Ms. M. fixed it up and added FOUR extra rolls and butter, filling the tiny plate to OVERFLOW capacity. This was quite the spectacle. After finishing his meal, Mr. S. proceeded to the forward lav where he spent a very long time causing a little line in the back of F/C. He finally comes out and we thought we would drop dead immediately from the stink bomb.

We were really glad to get this flight done and over with and thought that we were home free until the "dog" incident.
 
They must have been old US retirees and no one told them they could fly with fido free now that HP--excuse me--the new US allows us to fly with our pets. You should have told them. Fido would have been much happier.
 
Much too numerous to mention them all. I mean when your fares make even trailer park folks afford to fly......

Lets see, older ladies who say "my bags are at 20F you can get them",five year olds as lap kids, dogs in overheads, monkey's on board, nonenglish speakers who cannot understand why we are delayed, people wanting plugs to use their nuebulizers, people wanting chocolate milk and not understanding why we do not have it, many folks who do not know who HP is or who US is and why we are the one of the same now, gate agents without wheelchairs at 2AM saying they were all smashed by tugs, UM's without paperwork, the list goes on and on.
 
JMM said:
Much too numerous to mention them all. I mean when your fares make even trailer park folks afford to fly......

Lets see, older ladies who say "my bags are at 20F you can get them",five year olds as lap kids, dogs in overheads, monkey's on board, nonenglish speakers who cannot understand why we are delayed, people wanting plugs to use their nuebulizers, people wanting chocolate milk and not understanding why we do not have it, many folks who do not know who HP is or who US is and why we are the one of the same now, gate agents without wheelchairs at 2AM saying they were all smashed by tugs, UM's without paperwork, the list goes on and on.
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Dont forget disabled passengers droped off at the A/C door for the flight attendants to take care of.... Without assistance... (a full parapolegic). Or blind passengers put in a a/c seat without any paper work or even telling a crew member about them... :shock:
 
USCREW said:
This evening I worked upfront on an AB321 from SFO-CLT. Seated in 1D and 1F were a very nice older couple. They flew S5 so I assume that they are retired USAir. Upon deplaning, they pulled out a carry-on from the overhead and guess what was in it? A Jack Russell Terrier. We were in total shock. This dog did not make a peep the whole five hours and was still breathing. We managed to say, "Is that a dog"? They grinned proudly and said, "Why yes it is"!!
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About a year ago, before US went to the "no animals in cargo" policy, this Jack Russell might have been in a dark, semi-cold, noisy cargo bin. I can't really speak for pets, but my own preference would be to fly in the overhead as opposed to the cargo bin.

I can see how this happened, though. The couple was assigned a bulkhead seat and had no choice as to where their carry-on had to be stowed. The flight attendants didn't catch the pax's innocent error, and the dog likely enjoyed the relatively comfortable snooze. Overhead compartments are far from airtight; in fact they probably get some of the best circulation on the airplane. There was no danger of suffocation. And dogs pretty much never relieve themselves inside their carrier (unless they have other health difficulties.)

So why the "shock"? Was it that you failed to catch the error?
 
When passengers check there self in on the kiosk or at home are at the skycaps and never sees an agent to discuss or expose their issues this what you get
 
nycbusdriver said:
So why the "shock"? Was it that you failed to catch the error?
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We were not the only ones responsible for this error. None of the crew saw the dog. The agent did not see the dog. The passengers who should have known better, did not list the dog, which is required, so there was no paperwork. So why the "shock"? Normal people would not consider placing their pet in the overhead. They're lucky that the crew did not write this up---they could lose their flying benefits, and that would be shocking.
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Are you sure it wasn't Charo on board?



(if you've seen Airport '79....)
 
I know someone who carries their Yorkshire Terrier around in a big handbag. The little yappy dog actually calms down and seems to like it.

No word if she ever tried the security checkpoint, though.

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