It is my understanding that on US airlines pet cannot be shipped in the baggage area, only as cargo, between 5/15 and 9/15 but please correct me if I am wrong. I do not beleive that I am wrong. That may answer your question as to why the animal was in the cabin and not checked as baggage, besides that fact that the dog does not, by law, need to be checked as baggage or shipped as cargo.


As for the allergies - again, you have an allergy that you can take a pill for or avoid the situation; a person with a "public" service dog that has been called into service usually does not have the luxury of options; in most cases it is an immediate reponse to other people in need and at the risk of being blunt, your allergies are really not that important to me at that moment - in fact, if you see me working, chances are your allergies are really low on my list of concerns. Oh - and here's a great idea - lets take someone who has seizures with a seizure dog and put their dog in baggage for the duration of the flight!

The whole "wheat" analogy was far out. Who would knowingly and willingly eat food they were allergic to at any cost? You could die. Don't do that.