[nagdu] Airline Travel

Sat Nov 16 11:47:24 UTC 2013

Well, it looks as if you are about to find out. He can fit. I think it is harder at first until they are acclamated. Sometimes they spill over a little, so if your wife is near you and likes your dog, it should be OK. It is crowded for your feet sometimes. 

CL

On Nov 15, 2013, at 10:31 PM, "Craig Heaps" <craig.heaps at comcast.net> wrote:

> Chase is a 65 pound black Labrador retriever.  Do you think he would fit under the seat in front of me?  He fits under a BART seat, but they're mounted with a fair amount of clearance under them.  I'm also not sure how he would do that confined for three or four hours.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airline Travel
> 
> 
>> I do a number of different things when I fly. I try to take Lexia out for
>> the last time as close close to the flight as I can, and then I usually
>> don't give her too much water. You might also consider reducing the amount
>> of food you give your dog before flying. Regardless of if you do this, you
>> might consider giving your dog Pepcid. I always make sure that I have at
>> least one extra meal for Lexia as well as treats.
>> I let the airline know that I have a guide dog, but not the airport. In any
>> case, I've been to the same terminal so many times that the people who help
>> me have usually seen me before. I ask for assistance to the gate. The only
>> time that this kind of went wrong is when they brought me a wheelchair, but
>> they took it away once I firmly told them that that is not what I had asked
>> for.
>> There is no right way to go through security. They take me through the line
>> for people with disabilities. I do not like setting of the scanner, so I put
>> a cloth leash on Lexia and take off her harness, leash, chain collar, and
>> cloth collar as they all contain mettal. The cloth leash looks kind of like
>> a soft rope with a loop at either end. I slide the loop back over the rope
>> to make it into a loop that will pull tight. It does not pull, though,
>> because the leash is thick. Lexia is very good about going through security.
>> For take off, I put Lexia under the seat in front of me. Once we have taken
>> off, I often let her turn sideways behing my legs. Usually, the person
>> beside me does not mind her; I often almost have the opposite problem... I
>> always ask if the flight is full. For the times when it is only a small
>> difference, especially when you pay for the luggage, I sometimes upgrade to
>> first class because there is more room.
>> 
>> Nicole and Lexia
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
>> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 4:51 PM
>> To: NAGDU Talk List
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airline Travel
>> 
>> Hey Brandy:
>> If you use the TSA Care program, like I posted they will already know you
>> are coming at all the airports now, they should have a line just for people
>> with disabilities. Always ask for that, these are one of the perks we should
>> take advantage of, because a lot of the time, the line goes faster, and
>> these TSA Agents just work with people with disabilities, so hopefully less
>> stress when going this way.
>> 
>> Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY StateLeading the Way in
>> Independent Travel!
>> Cheryl Echevarria,
>> Ownerwww.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>> Your old car keys can be the keys to literacy for a blind child.  Donate
>> your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking www.nfb.org/vehicledonations or call
>> 855-659-9314. Echevarria Travel has partnered with Braille Smith.
>> www.braillesmith.com for all her braille needs.  Gail Smith is the Secretary
>> of the NFB of Alabama
>> 
>>> From: brandydp at verizon.net
>>> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 19:40:23 -0500
>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airline Travel
>>> 
>>> Hi Craig,
>>> This is what I usually do. You can call ahead as cheryl said. I haven't
>> tried that before. Is your wife sighted? When I fly alone I ask for a sky
>> cap to assist me through security. Even when I had my boyfriend with me this
>> last flight jfk asked if I would still like assistance. I said yes and they
>> took us to a shorter line through security. Here you take off shoes and blah
>> blah. Legally they can't ask you to take off the harness. I usually do just
>> because they are going to pat my dog down and this way it won't be in
>> harness and it saves them searching the harness pouch with miss wriggles
>> bouncing around as she does. There are three ways to do this. This is the
>> one I do. Have someone take you up close enough to the detector, think it's
>> called a magdomitor, have your dog sit or down make a long leash then you
>> walk through making sure to keep the metal in your hand. When they tell you
>> call chase through. Then he only goes off and they only search him. Or you
>> can send the dog first, heard this somewhere don't know if I would try it.
>> Or you both can walk through and they would have to pat down both of you.
>> They will probably swab your hands because people have apparently hidden
>> explosives in animals... Very sad. They ask you to not touch your dog after
>> going through. I accidently do this and haven't been yelled at yet. As for
>> sitting it's up to you. I prefer to not sit in bulkhead but my dogs have
>> been small. I always try to get the window seat so the dog lays parallel to
>> the wall under the seat in front of you. You may prefer bulkhead. They have
>> to lay perpendicular to you there but your wife will be next to you so
>> stealing her foot room won't be an issue. Lol. You can always go to the desk
>> at the gate to discuss seating and they will contact passengers to see if
>> they are ok switching. Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> brandy pinder
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>>> 
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>>> 
>>> On Nov 15, 2013, at 7:14 PM, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Here is the link to the website for TSA Care Program.
>>> > Maybe had NAGDU's webmaster put it on the website site.
>>> > http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/travelers-disabilities-and-m
>>> > edical-conditions
>>> >
>>> > Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 of NY StateLeading the Way in
>> Independent Travel!
>>> > Cheryl Echevarria,
>>> > Ownerwww.echevarriatravel.com631-456-5394reservations at echevarriatrav
>>> > el.com Your old car keys can be the keys to literacy for a blind
>>> > child.  Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking
>>> > www.nfb.org/vehicledonations or call 855-659-9314. Echevarria Travel
>>> > has partnered with Braille Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her
>>> > braille needs.  Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama
>>> >
>>> >> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:42:16 -0500
>>> >> From: Cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
>>> >> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> >> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airline Travel
>>> >>
>>> >> Go to the tsa cares website and call them 72 hours prior to flying >> they
>> can help you through it. I am not on the computer right now so if anyone can
>> post the website or the phone number.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SR4
>>> >>
>>> >> -------- Original message --------
>>> >> From: craig.heaps at comcast.net
>>> >> Date:11/15/2013  4:34 PM  (GMT-05:00)
>>> >> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> >> Subject: [nagdu] Airline Travel
>>> >>
>>> >> My guide, Chase, and I will be flying Thanksgiving week with my wife >> to
>> Milwaukee to see our son and daughter-in-law.  It will be the first flight
>> Chase and I have taken together.  He's very mellow.  He rides the BART train
>> every day and has taken a few local bus trips as well.
>>> >> Please give me any advice you have on airline travel, including how to
>> navigate the TSA checkpoints..  The more detailed, the better.
>>> >>
>>> >> We will fly from San Francisco to Milwaukee on Southwest Airlines.  I
>> have preboarded many times before on Southwest while cane traveling.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for your help.
>>> >>
>>> >> Craig Heaps and Chase
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