Originally Posted by
Transpacificflyer
We have regulations for animal cages on factory farms, and there are regulations for the space allocated for animals being transported to slaughterhouses. Surely, we can have some minimum standards for public health purposes for airline pax.
Minimum standard to what end though? If it's dimply a matter of surviving a trip, I'm certain it can be achieved with even less room than now. You can't arbitarily set 'comfort' standards.
The animal regulations precisely deal with minimum survival with little regard to long term health or welfare of the animal. They are mostly there to make life easier for the farmers by way of standardization.
Btw, if you apply minimum standards to air travel, what happens to all the various forms of ground transport? Heck even private cars?