Originally Posted by geometry

Guess I should have trained him for air travel when he was just a kitten.

A few months ago, I was on a SFO-EWR flight. I was in the aisle seat and an elderly lady was in the window. Middle seat was empty and her cat was in the carrier under the seat under the middle seat in front. The cat made absolute no noise during the 5+ hour flight. Every couple of hours, the lady opened up the carrier and the cat would jump on the middle seat. She put a paper towel on the tray table and opened a can of food for the cat.(on a paper plate) The cat sat there and ate the food very neatly. Then... well.. I was shocked... after finishing his food, the cat jump down and went back into the carrier all by himself.... then the lady closed the door. That happened a couple of times. I was really amused. She told me that the cat was 15-years-old and had flown cross country at least twice a month since he was just 1.