[nagdu] to notify or not

[Debby Phillips]

Michael, I almost always give airlines advance notice, because I 
DO NOT like sitting on the aisle with my dog.  I don't 
necessarily want bulkhead, either.  But I do not want to sit on 
the aisle.  The time I didn't give them notice, they tried to 
make me sit on the aisle.  Go figure.  I have never received a 
call asking me the weight of my dog, either.  You just must be 
the lucky one.  As for help, if I have ample time, I don't need 
it.  But if there's a tight schedule, especially when I need to 
change from one flight to another, I don't wish to miss my flight 
because I got lost following somebody's bad directions, etc.  
Whether we tell that we have a dog when making reservations or 
not doesn't do anything to change the laws.  We must still be 
given the to ide.  I refuse to feel guilty because I decide to 
disclose.  If other people don't, that's up to them.  People 
should have the choice to disclose or not, and it should be left 
at that, as far as I'm concerned.  Sorry if that offends folks, 
but that's the way it is.    Debby and Nova