[nagdu] An airline question

[Bryan Gearry]

That's true, but it depends on the type of plane. I'm mostly in 737's. 
The 737-800, the bulkhead does not go all the way down to the floor. My 
Guide sits in First class, gets meals and free drinks and all I get a 
stale bag of peanuts .....LOL

On 4/7/2015 5:23 AM, Buddy Brannan via nagdu wrote:
> 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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>> On Apr 7, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Dan Weiner via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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
>>
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>> -----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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