A United Airlines passenger, being dubbed a ‘Karen’, brought her dog to the galley of a Boeing 787. When a flight attendant reprimanded her – the dog can’t be in the food prep area – the woman defended the choice to bring him there: “He needs to do potty!”
The passenger felt that because the dog was wearing a diaper that made it o.k. to walk him through the aircraft, including the galley, in order to get him to go pee and poo. And she got stern with the crewmember: “I don’t appreciate you taking that tone with me.”
Unleashed service dog walking laps around a 787
byu/nilly2323 inunitedairlines
While ’emotional support animals’ aren’t supposed to be allowed on board anymore – passengers can either bring service animals or pay the pet in cabin fee and keep their animal inside its carrier – passengers simply have to attest on paperwork that their pet is a service animal. I’ve seen the return of Noah’s Ark to many of my flights over the past several months. That leads to frequent… stinky messes.
The passenger here would have had to claim their dog was a true service animal, but that’s highly unlikely to be the case. Here are five easy ways to spot a fake service animal on your flight.
My Thanksgiving Delta flight turned back and suffered a long delay over an improperly declared ‘service animal’. Unfortunately the passenger was allowed to travel with her support dog, proceeding to pet it in her lap throughout the journey.
Are we ever going to “cut the crap” so to speak with this insane allowing animals on planes? All animals should be banned from flying. Period.
@Marv. Right on. Completely out of control and the people have obviously found a loophole on this service animal BS. Put fluffy in the cargo compartment and pay that fee.
I like your new format, Gary. The quick salacious quote. Nice bait. Reel in the referrals!
@Marv @Coffee Please — There are responsible pet owners, then there are outliers. I will not fly my dogs because I won’t ever put them in cargo (and I don’t want to deal with other passengers’ attempting to use them against me.) So, I guess what I’m saying is… you’re welcome. Bah!
I’d hope they’d ban the b*tch, and I’m not talking about poor ‘fluffy’ !
@bossa — Zing!!
I love dogs. Have two. But this crosses the line. Imagine if I did that with my dog…a 175-pounds Great Dane. This overly entitled rich selfish American BS has to stop. United should ban Karen.
If all animals were charged a fee, there would suddenly be no fake service animals, particularly is there was some sort of credential.
People don’t accept an unlicensed lawyer, doctor, or dentist so why do people fight service dog licensure? Hair stylists and real estate agents even need licensure so it’s not just a difficult academic degree that requires licensure.
@derek — There are fees already and plenty of paperwork, service, ESA, or mere pets, each airline. Look it up (or don’t!) And feel free to ignore those facts, and just complain about things you likely won’t acknowledge anyway. Hate on those animals (and their owners!)
I thought pet dogs with diapers had to use the lavatory to poo. The fans can get rid of lingering smells. I think most actual service dogs would rarely have to poo while flying.
Maybe the faux flying ‘service animals’ could be enticed to join Southwest’s ‘jetway Jesus’ gang !
It’s an insult to dedicated, trained & faithful service K-9’s !
It’s time to stop the insanity of animals on planes, in stores and restaurants and anywhere else in public that selfish entitled idiots bring their dogs. Enough is enough.
@Justin G — Sheesh, segregating, excluding, exiling, banishing, etc. isn’t the ‘solution’ we should have for anything that doesn’t please you in-particular. Anyway, are we in-favor of euthanasia? I’d settle for re-funding USAID, if only for the youth-in-Asia, too.
Years ago as DC 9 Captain in an hours long departure delay on the taxiways at JFK. The senior FA said there was seeing eye German shepherd in great need of elimination. With at least another 2 hours to go til Atlanta, I lowered the forward airstairs and let the dog pee on the nose tire. I don’t know if anybody behind me ever saw it. That was the good old days.
@Lee Oldershaw — That’s epic! You’re a great pilot to do that. And lucky to be DC-9. Anything taller and that’d be tough, even then. Today? At JFK?? No way! Bah!
So called fake “Service Dogs” are almost as bad as people claiming some sort of “disability” to board first. Leave the dog at home or drive a car or pay the fees. Oh, and what about people like me who are allergic to dog hair? No one seems to worry about them, right?
The problem really isn’t the passenger or the dog, the problem is that airline allows them to board and run free in the cabin……
I have an upcoming flight on AA JFK-LHR, of course I booked in F, because this world class service will soon be retired, and am expecting that my therapy beehive will be properly accommodated. I typically keep the cardboard box in my lap as the buzzing soothes me.
No non-human animals in the cabin, ever! They put our lives at risk.
The number of adults that need to travel with their pets is another data point for the “toddlerization” of adults. Back in the 1960s when I was a kid I’d get upset with my parents because they said the family cat and dog had to stay home while we went on vacation. Then I turned 11 in 1970 and it make sense that we didn’t drag Sam our dog and Pandora our Persian cat with us on the plane to our property in Florida.
Meh. Lots of babies and toddlers wear diapers on planes, and it’s a sad but true fact that a great many adults need to as well. This was no big deal, until the Cabin Crew decided to exercise their petty authority to make it a big deal.
It’s very obvious to anyone who has a Service Dog that the lady did not read, understand and/or fill out the Department of Transportation Service Animal Air Transportation Form. Her conduct with her “service dog” violates several points on the form and appears to violate all the conditions of the Animal Training and Behavior paragraph.
For the non dog owners that are reading this far , kennel for 10 days at Riley’s Ranch, $900. Additional First Class RT ticket on UAL AUS-LAX $760. Taking Fluffy to the Ellen DeGeneres show, Priceless
Unless you are legally blind leave all animals home. And I have a dog so I am not anti pet.