Speaking of contracts of carriage, while I was poking through the NWA CoC, I stumbled across this verbage that I found interesting:

Rule 70: For online transportation via NW/NW Airlink, no more than 4 connections in each direction are permitted via any published fare. [makes segment runs harder]

and

Note: Monkeys accepted only when accompanied on the same flight as a passenger with disabilities or by a trainer. [....] E) An assist monkey must be properly caged.

I've never seen someone with an assist monkey. I've seen dogs, but never a monkey. Someone must've taken one on board at some point for the lawyers to put this in the CoC though. Heh