Originally Posted by cigarman
As for CO doing something about the animals. What exactly should they have done? If they turned a plane back to the gate every time it was an hour and forty minutes late, how would we ever get anywhere? Think of the ripple effect on every flight after that all day. It rains almost every day in EWR this time of year. All those flights tend to get backed up. I know passangers would be FURIOUS if they went back to the gate an lost their takeoff slot. So again, I ask how can CO please everyone. I know if the policy was to go back to the gate, I would want to fly the no pets airline. I cannot afford any more delays. I have to get where I am going. I didn't bring my pet, why should my schedule be deylayed by someone else's might be an attitude out there. And I think it would not be unreasonable. It is a common carrier.
Interesting.
Let me ask, does your stance apply to other human passengers? If your seatmate developed a medical problem on the ground or in-flight, what is your take? What do you think CO should do in that situation?
Do you think:
"If they turned a plane back to the gate every time it was an hour and forty minutes late, how would we ever get anywhere? Think of the ripple effect on every flight after that all day. It rains almost every day in EWR this time of year. All those flights tend to get backed up. I know passengers would be FURIOUS if they went back to the gate an lost their takeoff slot. So again, I ask how can CO please everyone."
If policy was to go back to the gate (resulting in delays and loss of takeoff slots), would you want to fly a no-potentially-ill-people airline? After all, you cannot afford any more delays. You need to get where you are going, right? The ill passenger is not your responsibility - why should your schedule be delayed by someone else's problem? It is a common carrier, right?
And what about in-flight... those medical diversions are unacceptable, right?