Pacolovestacos
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- Apr 15, 2016
Suffocated in the overhead bin? Heat?This is horrible, poor doggie ! But I don't un understand, why did the dog die?
I would not have thought that overhead bins were sealed enough that the dog would suffocate.Come on guys, just don't do it. Think about what is being asked of you.
I would not have thought that overhead bins were sealed enough that the dog would suffocate.
How long was the flight? If it was a long flight (ie: over 2 hours), I would think I'd open up the bin to make sure the dog was ok. No, I'm not saying it's the passenger's fault.
As many times as I've flown, I wouldn't either. In fact when I started reading, I thought the dog died of being bounced around due to turbulence or something.I would not have thought that overhead bins were sealed enough that the dog would suffocate.
At least United accepted responsibility right away.
No, it's not the same at all. This woman presumably had no idea her dog would die from being put in the overhead bin. She didn't opt to kill her dog. Honestly, until reading this story I would've assumed the biggest issue with putting an animal overhead would be the risk of it getting injured from being jostled around. I didn't know those bins were airtight. Heck, even you aren't sure what's so dangerous about the overhead bin that would've killed the dog. Temperature, lack of ventilation, other?This is awful.
And I know people are going to think that I am heartless, but it is similar to the young woman that "flushed" her emotional support pet.
Come on guys, just don't do it. Think about what is being asked of you.
If I were traveling with my dog on a bus, and the driver told that he was sorry but the dog wasn't allowed in with passengers, the dog would have to run along side of the bus, I wouldn't just hook him up to the rearview and calmly find my seat. I would get off of the bus and figure out what options I had.
(All of that said, I also wonder what actually killed the dog. Heat? Suffocation? Or something else?)
Most of the time when a dog stops crying it's because he's finally settled down, not because he's suffocated and died. And if you think the anxious, barking dog has finally settled down, I can see why one might be less inclined to open the bin and check on him just to get him riled up again. I don't think anyone in this situation was being willfully negligent to an animal in a dangerous situation, because they didn't realize it was a dangerous situation. What they're guilty of is trusting the flight attendant to know her job and follow proper protocol.The person who reported this said they could hear the dog crying, until it didn't. I know people are conditioned to "not get involved," but I can't understand how the people in the seats in the immediate proximity would not have said something either. At least get another FA involved. DH said he would have made a scene, even if it wasn't his dog, and if that got him kicked off the flight, so be it.
Sorry, but when you have a pet, you are responsible for it.No, it's not the same at all. This woman presumably had no idea her dog would die from being put in the overhead bin. She didn't opt to kill her dog. Honestly, until reading this story I would've assumed the biggest issue with putting an animal overhead would be the risk of it getting injured from being jostled around. I didn't know those bins were airtight. Heck, even you aren't sure what's so dangerous about the overhead bin that would've killed the dog. Temperature, lack of ventilation, other?
I can't blame the passenger at all on this one.