[nagdu] Service Dog's 'evacuation' forces emergency landingof US Airways flight to PHL
Nicole Torcolini via nagdu
nagdu at nfbnet.org
Sun Jun 1 03:32:50 UTC 2014
I have read all of the posts on this thread, and I have reread the original
email. I have mixed feelings on the matter. JMHO, the article itself was not
too bad; I've read worse. In a perfect world, where everyone knew all of the
laws and respected each other,, it would have been okay. But we don't live
in a perfect world. Yes, there's going to be racket about any story like
this, but I feel that it was worse with something like service dogs where
people don't know that much about service dogs let alone people with
disabilities, which is yet another reason that I firmly believe that there
should be courses about disability law and how to treat people with
disabilities in both high school and college, or the history of the ADA and
other laws should be taught in social studies. As others have already
pointed out, something similar could happened with a kid, and there would
not have been as much fuss about it. You obviously cannot keep people from
tweeting or using other social media, but it might have helped at least a
little if the flight attendants had said something about the dog having an
accident that was not the fault of the handler. I would think that flight
attendants see service dogs enough that they should receive some sort of
training in how to respond not only to the situation itself but also to
angry passengers. Finally, no, it is not always possible to predict what
comments are going to made in order to preempt them, and I think that what
was said in the article was good, but there should be enough articles from
the past out there to try to do more defending/educating in the article
itself rather than the comments, such as what the law says and that guide
dogs are not the only service dogs.
Nicole and Lexia who does not get air sick
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
nagdu
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 4:30 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Service Dog's 'evacuation' forces emergency landingof
US Airways flight to PHL
Oh, yeah, those are really horrific comments, and I think they are to be
concerned over. However, every time you have a story, the commentors come
out of the woodwork and have nasties to say about it. It is to be concerned
over.
Cindy
cindyray at gmail.com
On May 31, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Darla J. Rogers via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> Where did you find these comments? I'll darn sure make a few of my own.
> Darla & Hardworking Huck whose predecessor had an accident in O'Hare
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alysha via
> nagdu
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 5:44 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Service Dog's 'evacuation' forces emergency
> landing of US Airways flight to PHL
>
> This really could happen to anyone, and it may end up giving me
> nightmares the next time I travel! :) If you thought the article was
> bad, take a look at some of the absolutely horrible comments people
> have made on it. There are some people defending common sense and
> decency, but here are some real
> gems:
>
> "When did any dogs start flying in the passenger cabin? I like dogs, I
> more than understand that service dogs are essential for every day
> living, but some people are allergic to dogs, for example my wife and
> son. For them to be locked in an aluminum can at 35,000 ft for 5 hours
> with a dog is not only uncomfortable, but can lead to health issues
> such as an allergy induced asthma attack. Does the inconvenience of
> not having a service dog for a couple of hours in an airport outweigh
other people's health?"
>
> "A flight from L.A to Philly takes at least 5 hours......did they
> actually think the dog wouldn't have to go???"
>
> "Service dogs should be banned on flights. Put the pet in a
> temperature controlled cargo area. If the person needs the dog for
> psychological reasons then maybe that person shouldn't fly."
>
> "This woman is responsible for the dog and consequently all costs
> incurred for interrupting a flight and forcing it to land. I believe
> it is wrong for airlines to allow service dogs to travel anywhere but the
cargo hold.
> There's not enough room on an airplane for humans to sit let alone an
> animal. This "service" designation is also a joke- only seeing-eye
> dogs should be permitted that title. As for the stench? There's a
> problem here that's being overlooked- an aircraft's inability to
> provide fresh clean air to it's passengers during a flight."
>
> "Lol thats a good one. Service dogs should have to fly like any other
> animal. It isn't like the person is going to go for a walk while they
> are on a plane,"
>
> Alysha
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ginger
> Kutsch via nagdu
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 6:54 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Service Dog's 'evacuation' forces emergency landing
> of US Airways flight to PHL
>
> Dog's 'evacuation' forces emergency landing of US Airways flight to
> PHL
>
> By Sam Wood
>
> Friday, May 30, 2014,
>
> http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Dogs_distress_forces_emergency_landi
> ng_of_
> US_Airways_flight_to_PHL.html?withgh
>
>
>
> Airline passengers often grumble about leg room and the quality of
> airplane food.
>
>
>
> There's a new complaint being aired by a few hundred souls who boarded
> a flight Wednesday from Los Angeles to Philadelphia: Not enough
> pooper-scoopers.
>
>
>
> A Philadelphia-bound US Airways flight, already two-hours delayed, was
> forced to make an emergency landing in Missouri after a passenger's
> service dog defecated in the aisle.
>
>
>
> "It was the worst smelling blowout I've ever smelled," passenger Steve
> McCall told Inside Edition. "It wasn't little pieces, it was
> full-fledged dog diarrhea."
>
>
>
> The crew was able to clean up the dog's mess. But then the situation
> took a turn for the worse.
>
>
>
> The dog pooped again.
>
>
>
> The stench wafting through the cabin made several passengers sick.
>
>
>
> "The second time after the dog pooped they ran out of paper towels,
> they didn't have anything else," said McCall. "The pilot comes on the
> radio, 'Hey, we have a situation in the back, we're going to have to
> emergency land.' "
>
>
>
> Outraged passengers documented the incident on Twitter and other
> social media platforms.
>
>
>
> "People started dry-heaving, a couple of people threw up," McCall
> said. "The first time was bad, the second time people said 'You got to
> get us out of here! This is nasty.' "
>
>
>
> The plane was diverted to Kansas City. A cleaning crew scoured the aisle.
> The voyage resumed.
>
>
>
> "You just had to laugh," McCall said. "It was so outrageous and out of
> control. It was a story you couldn't make up."
>
>
>
> Service dogs are "usually excellent flyers," said Bill McGlashen,
> spokesman for US Airways. "They know how to behave and sit in the
> right area. And this is just one of the those incidents when the dog
became ill."
>
>
>
> Folks who rely on service dogs every day say the incident may be much
> ado about nothing.
>
>
>
> "I'm sure this would not be a news story if a human had been sick on a
> plane," said Jim Kutsch, president and CEO at The Seeing Eye in
> Morristown, N.J. and a Seeing Eye dog user since 1970. "Dogs are
> living beings and they, too, get sick."
>
>
>
> Dogs routinely spend many hours without needing to relieve themselves,
> he said. Travelers with service dogs usually adjust the feeding
> schedules of their animals to accommodate a long flight.
>
>
>
> "Seeing Eye has been around since 1929, and if this is the first time
> that a story like this gets this much attention, it obviously doesn't
> happen very often."
>
>
>
>
>
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