[nagdu] Service Dog's 'evacuation' forcesemergency landing ofUS Airways flight to PHL

Mon Jun 2 22:25:47 UTC 2014

Actually, they landed in Missouri--in Platte County=--the County just west
of me; I live in Clay County--which is why I had said previously, had I
known of her dilemma some 

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
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Rebecca,

	Um, did you intend for that to be funny or something? I certainly
did not find it to be, and, based on what was said in the article, I
definitely do not think that the other passengers wanted to land in Kansas.

Nicole

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer via
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Does this story really surprise anybody? The plane was going to
Philadelphia, the city of brotherly shove. 
You all remember what W.C. Fields said, "First prize is a week in
Philadelphia,, second prize is *two weeks in Philadelphia, or something like
that". 
I suspect nobody on that flight really wanted to go to Philadelphia, so they
were glad for the excuse to land in Kansas City. 

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
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ofUS Airways flight to PHL

In most of the stories I have heard about people being subdued on flights,
it doesn't seem there has been nearly as much interviewing of passengers. Of
course, I will admit that part of the problem here is empathy for the dog
handler because I have been in similar situations. In an airport my dog, who
was nervous and thus stimulated, pooped as we were rushing through the
airport to try to get her out. On the radio they said, "You'd better send a
clean up crew; the dog is leaving a trail." But of course from the
reporter's perspective, if this plane, which was going to Philadelphia, had
to make an unscheduled landing in Kansas City, that is a story, especially
with the situations that have come up on flights lately. As for the
comments, I'm not sure they were terribly in compassionate. But as a dog
handler, I can just imagine going to fly and well meaning flight service
representatives being condescending about does your dog need to use the
bathroom. Will he be OK on the flight. Perhaps my own first reaction was
overreacting, and I probably wouldn't have even heard about the story if
Ginger hadn't posted it. Still . 

Cindy Ray
cindyray at gmail.com

On May 31, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Elizabeth Campbell via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello Craig,
> 
> Thank you for your post to the list.
> I was about to write something along the same lines, but you beat me 
> to
it.
> (smile)
> As reporters, we often face what I call no-win situations. We will get 
> criticized for not reporting the reason for an emergency landing, and 
> we will face criticism for reporting the reason why a plane had to 
> make an emergency landing.
> I feel for everyone involved, and I'm sure the dog's owner wouldn't 
> have taken the dog onboard if he/she knew that the animal was sick.
> The airlines are under a great deal of scrutiny these days, but people 
> want to know what is going on whether the story is about a near miss 
> or an emergency landing.
> 
> Best
> 
> Liz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Craig Heaps 
> via nagdu
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 1:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Service Dog's 'evacuation' forces emergency 
> landing ofUS Airways flight to PHL
> 
> As a professional journalist for nearly forty years and a guide dog 
> user myself, I could not disagree more with those who criticize this 
> as a
story.
> 
> It is a legitimate news story.  It's an extraordinary event on a form 
> of transportation used by millions of people every year in the United
States.
> It is the fact that it happens so seldom that makes it news.  It has 
> the element of "Can you imagine being in that situation?" that also 
> makes it worthy of coverage.  I thought the reporter did an excellent 
> job of putting the incident in perspective by including the guy from 
> The Seeing Eye and the comments from the airline spokesperson saying 
> it's
extremely rare.
> 
> I am sympathetic with those passengers who found the smell overwhelming. 
> It's not the atmosphere they expected when they paid good money for 
> their tickets.
> 
> I can understand the defensiveness of some guide dog users who want to 
> lash out at the journalistic decision to cover this incident.  But 
> they sound like the people I had to deal with every day who didn't 
> want some event or another "publicized" (reporters hate that word) and 
> tried to argue it was stupid to think it was a legitimate story.
> Think about the last time you heard the story of some belligerent 
> drunk on a plane who had to be restrained with the help of other 
> passengers.  Another disturbing, but rare, event.  Was covering that 
> also
stupid?
> 
> Sorry for the semi rant.
> 
> Craig and Chase, who I hope never poops in an airliner
> 
> 
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