[nagdu] Airline Travel

Sat Nov 16 04:33:16 UTC 2013

Yes, my wife is fully sighted.  I am also partially sighted.  I cane 
traveled by myself to and from Chile.  My wife and I traveled (me with my 
cane) a couple years ago to the UK.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandydp" <brandydp at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airline Travel


> Hi Craig,
> This is what I usually do. You can call ahead as cheryl said. I haven't 
> tried that before. Is your wife sighted? When I fly alone I ask for a sky 
> cap to assist me through security. Even when I had my boyfriend with me 
> this last flight jfk asked if I would still like assistance. I said yes 
> and they took us to a shorter line through security. Here you take off 
> shoes and blah blah. Legally they can't ask you to take off the harness. I 
> usually do just because they are going to pat my dog down and this way it 
> won't be in harness and it saves them searching the harness pouch with 
> miss wriggles bouncing around as she does. There are three ways to do 
> this. This is the one I do. Have someone take you up close enough to the 
> detector, think it's called a magdomitor, have your dog sit or down make a 
> long leash then you walk through making sure to keep the metal in your 
> hand. When they tell you call chase through. Then he only goes off and 
> they only search him. Or you can send the dog first, heard this somewhere 
> don't know if I would try it. Or you both can walk through and they would 
> have to pat down both of you. They will probably swab your hands because 
> people have apparently hidden explosives in animals... Very sad. They ask 
> you to not touch your dog after going through. I accidently do this and 
> haven't been yelled at yet. As for sitting it's up to you. I prefer to not 
> sit in bulkhead but my dogs have been small. I always try to get the 
> window seat so the dog lays parallel to the wall under the seat in front 
> of you. You may prefer bulkhead. They have to lay perpendicular to you 
> there but your wife will be next to you so stealing her foot room won't be 
> an issue. Lol. You can always go to the desk at the gate to discuss 
> seating and they will contact passengers to see if they are ok switching. 
> Hope this helps.
>
> brandy pinder
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> On Nov 15, 2013, at 7:14 PM, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Here is the link to the website for TSA Care Program.
>> Maybe had NAGDU's webmaster put it on the website site.
>> http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/travelers-disabilities-and-medical-conditions
>>
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>>> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:42:16 -0500
>>> From: Cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Airline Travel
>>>
>>> Go to the tsa cares website and call them 72 hours prior to flying they 
>>> can help you through it. I am not on the computer right now so if anyone 
>>> can post the website or the phone number.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S®4
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: craig.heaps at comcast.net
>>> Date:11/15/2013  4:34 PM  (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Airline Travel
>>>
>>> My guide, Chase, and I will be flying Thanksgiving week with my wife to 
>>> Milwaukee to see our son and daughter-in-law.  It will be the first 
>>> flight Chase and I have taken together.  He's very mellow.  He rides the 
>>> BART train every day and has taken a few local bus trips as well.
>>> Please give me any advice you have on airline travel, including how to 
>>> navigate the TSA checkpoints..  The more detailed, the better.
>>>
>>> We will fly from San Francisco to Milwaukee on Southwest Airlines.  I 
>>> have preboarded many times before on Southwest while cane traveling.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Craig Heaps and Chase
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