Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
Delta will transport animals proven (or at least documented) to be necessary and documented not to be a danger. Perfectly reasonable. Might be a frivolous suit or two, but not enough to prevent roll-out of the procedures. Good for Delta. Unfortunately, a lot of the fakers will move to AA or UA until those airlines clamp down.
UA has ALWAYS followed DL's lead! Thinking outside the box is not in UA's manual's/policy's, therefore it's always, just copy the other guy.
Meanwhile, umteen smelly dogs are sitting on peoples laps, every day, all over the system, and are NOT kenneled, and on the floor, where they belong.
Only when UA figures out that many folks will be jumpin' ship to get away from their stinky/flea infested planes will they instigate the same rules.
It really has gone way too far, and waiting for the government to do something, ain't gonna happen.
These people have figured out that scamming, and getting their lil' Fifi on the planes, is easy, but getting proper papers, in advance, may just cut back on the need to jump over land mines during the boarding process.
