[nagdu] An airline question

[Buddy Brannan]

You have almost as much (or as little) as if you had no dog. You have considerably less with a dog in bulkhead.

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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> On Apr 7, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Dan Weiner via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Question though, do you really have leg room with your doggie shoved under
> the seat in front? I don't have leg room no matter where I sit on the
> plane--lol.
> I'm six four.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Dan and the Parker hound
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marion Gwizdala
> via nagdu
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 8:56 AM
> To: 'Michael Hingson'; 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of
> Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] An airline question
> 
> 	I will echo Mike's message. My pup is 110 lbs. and fits under the
> seat just fine! The bulkhead is one of the worst places for a dog, as it
> offers no restraint in the event of turbulence. I would hate for my guide to
> become a 110-pound missile in the cabin and I would like a little leg room
> that the bulkhead does not offer once a dog is on the floor. I am absolutely
> clueless why the training programs continue to insist the bulkhead is
> preferable to regular seating.
> 
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hingson
> via nagdu
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 4:11 AM
> To: 'Debby Phillips'; 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
> Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] An airline question
> 
> Debbie,
> 
> You already have received several good comments. All I will add is that
> under the regulations a guide dog cannot block the main aisle. Personally, I
> use non bulkhead seats and put Africa under the seat in front of me facing
> from front to back. I have seen 100LB dogs assume this position. 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Michael Hingson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby Phillips
> via nagdu
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:20 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] An airline question
> 
> Hi all, someone in the National Federation of the Blind of Washington sent
> out an email asking if there are any regulations that say that dogs cannot
> sit in aisle seating.  Does anyone know if there are such regulations? They
> claimed that in the case of evacuation his dog would block the window seat
> passenger from getting out.  This was apparently on a Jet Blue flight from
> New York to Seattle.  Since I prefer the window seat, I've never had this
> question asked of me.  And I have had to sit in the middle.  
> So I would have blocked the person by the window, using Jet 
> Blue's logic.  So any help I  could get on this would be great.    
> Peace,    Debby
> 
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