[nagdu] airline seating

[cheryl echevarria]

I was just going to post that thank you Jeanine.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:20 AM
Subject: [nagdu] airline seating


> Hi Albert,
>
> I'm answering this in part as a handler and in part as someone who has
> followed the regs and associated discussions for many years now outside of
> my job at GDF.
>
> Where you sit in an airline cabin is a personal choice that, thanks to the
> Air carrier Access Act, can be made by you and not mandated by the 
> airline.
> It also depends greatly on your dog. I've flown with 6 of my 7 dogs now 
> and
> their comfort levels with different seats have varied a good bit.
>
> One of my dogs loved to go down and under the regular seats. Being a
> 48-pound Lab, she could curl up and no one knew she was there. Same with 
> my
> tiny Golden until he began to have spinal problems and couldn't curl up as
> well.
>
> My big Golden, though he would easily go down and under regular chairs and
> such, hated being stuffed under an airline seat and would inevitably get
> sick. I chose to sit in bulkhead with him.
>
> My little Lab girl would spread out like dirty laundry in the bulkhead and
> make everyone uncomfortable as well, so we rarely sat there. It was always 
> a
> frustration too because though there was no specific federal law saying we
> had to sit there, there was also no law saying we didn't, if that makes
> sense.
>
> Though Molly, my Lab/Poodle, could certainly curl under a seat, she was
> pretty hyper-aware and would get very upset if she couldn't see what was
> going on. As she grew more unstable, she hated any kind of confinement, so
> again, bulkhead was the best choice for her.
>
> My current dog is 26 inches at the shoulder and 72 pounds but he can go
> under just about any seat and be comfortable. He's also fine and compact 
> in
> bulkhead. I'll take any seat these days but that could change with the 
> next
> dog.
>
> Only you can determine the best place for you and your current dog to sit.
>
> In many seating configurations there's actually more space under the seats
> in front of you than in the bulkhead. The only issue is that some airlines
> have things under the seats, like life vests and other equipment, that 
> makes
> the space smaller in height and thus, more difficult for some dogs to get
> situated in.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Jenine Stanley
> jeninems at wowway.com
>
>
>
>
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