hopemax
Note to Self:
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2000
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.
I mean more how did the dog get in the overhead bin in the first place. Or once people could hear a dog in the overhead bin, how could they sit there and think "this is normal procedure." I get how the owner could be overwhelmed and didn't want to get kicked off. But no frequent traveler, with a clearer head can't look at the situation and not think, "this isn't right, lets at least get another FA over here?"