Originally Posted by
Green Dragon
Here's a question - does a bird have to be removed from it's carrier/cage when transported as a cabin pet? If so, how do you keep the bugger from flying off? If not, then why apply a double standard?
I can just picture an irate parrot dive-bombing the hat off of an equally irate TSO
I don't think birds are permitted as carry-on for precisely that reason, but I'm not sure. Could be that none of the 15-20 airlines that service our airport permit it but perhaps there are some that do at others.
There is no double standard. Same applies to any animal that is being taken aboard as carry-on.