[nagdu] Airports

Fri Jan 22 02:30:25 UTC 2010

Up until last August, I haven't flown to a destination for a long
enough time to need a releif area, but as some may remember, i went to
Florida for a family vacation last August. I flew through Houston
International and was able to access a relief area on both the
outbound and the return trips between plane changes. Though when
making the reservations I initially was concerned by the long layover
time, of an hour on the return and 1.5 hours in the outbound, I'm now
thankful that they were long. That gave me enough time to, with
airport assistance, go relief my guide and get back to the connecting
gate. This assumes that the airport assistant knows where the relief
area is, which in the case of the man I got on the outbound leg, he
did not. I'm sure he memorized it by the time we spent a good 20
minutes at least in trying to find it though. The relief area, which
appeared to be for any dog, was not much more than a patch of grass
and weeds at the side of a building, but I think Gucci was grateful
for anything. She's showed me in the year plus that i've had her, if
she has to go bad enough, in whatever output, she'll go on anything.
Anyway, fortunatley the person on the return trip knew where the
relief area was and we got back inside and through security with time
enough for me to go and grab some lunch for the plane. But I don't
remember waiting that long at the gate to board, so those hour or 1.5
hours are really handy layover times. I can't imagine trying to cram
everything into 30 minutes or so.

Wayne

On 1/21/10, Margo and Arrow <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:
> Mydogs have done fine without relief times but am glad airports are haivng
> to put i relief areas now.
>
> I may be inSan diego next June so am glad there's some kind of area.
>
> Margo and Arrow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airports
>
>
>> Hi Margo,
>> When I went to NYC, I was accompanied by an airport worker and we got to
>> go to the head of the line to reenter the secure area after relieving my
>> dog. The San Diego Lindbergh Field's relief area is somewhere between the
>> terminals near the driveways where the buses go.  Definately outside the
>> secure area!
>>
>> It's good that relief areas are there for us but it is a real pain to have
>>
>> to do the security thing again! Having to take my shoes off again.  But,
>> oh well it just goes with air travel these days.
>>
>> Landon does OK without a relief time during our cross country flights.  He
>>
>> gets to go when we change planes.  When I fly, I give him only a tiny bit
>> of water before we leave the house.  I relieve him right before I go into
>> the terminal. I've flown during the autumn so heat isn't a concern to both
>>
>> of us - my trips to Vermont to see my friend!
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 6:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airports
>>
>>
>>> Our relief area at Buffalo Niagara International is outside the security
>>> area, but, when the person goes through, she or he is first in line to
>>> renew the security check.
>>>
>>> Margo and Arrow
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:06 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airports
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have not been to one, nor heard of one. I have always been advised to
>>>>go
>>>> out of the security area, take the dog outside and then go through
>>>> security
>>>> all over again. this happened to me in utah,Denver, and each time the
>>>> dog
>>>> relieved himself well before we ever got to the door, what with the
>>>> walking
>>>> and stimulation and all, how does one expect that the dog would be able
>>>> to
>>>> hold on til we get out side.  I understand security issues, but if
>>>> airports
>>>> have such an accommodation I would love to learn more about them.
>>>>
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Nicole B. Torcolini
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:16 PM
>>>> To: National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Airports
>>>>
>>>>    Has anyone ever been to an airport that had a service dog relieving
>>>> area
>>>> inside of security?  If so, what was it like?  Was it somewhere without
>>>> too
>>>> many distractions?  Just curious.
>>>>
>>>> Nicole
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