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I received the following email and just couldn't resist posting it. Here's the entire text:

This is a true story
A friend was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Unexpectedly, the plane stopped in Sacramento on the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if we wanted to get off the aircraft, we would reboard in 30 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman who was blind. I noticed him, as I walked by and could tell he had flown before because his seeing eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him throughout the entire flight. I could also tell he had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached him and calling him by name, said, "Keith, we're in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?"
Keith replied, "No thanks, but maybe my dog would like to stretch his legs."

Picture this..... all the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill, when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off
the plane with the Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.

People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they also were trying to change airlines...

Wasn't that because the pilot said, "I didn't go to flight school, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night"?

This story has been floating around the Net for several years. Any pilot that stops in SMF on the way from SFO to LAX probably needs the dog!

LOL

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Great Story! Thanks for the laugh. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

But were the dogs' papers in order?

Just wondering if the dog had any high top sneakers http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

This was one of the funniest things I 've seen here, thank you for sharing it.

George

Whether it is true or not, its still a funny story! Thanks for posting it. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I'm amazed that a seeing eye dog (typically a German Shepherd) had enough room under the seat to lie quietly. Must be a dog used to very tight squeezes.

FANTASTIC STORY... no matter how old.

Thanks for the laugh!

William

Wonder if the dog was in the K9 division of the SS and AA would deny boarding because he was not a pure bread US dog?

As a companion of both a German Shepard and a Labrador Retriever, allow me to correct this statement. While German Shepards are fiercely intelligent (for a dog http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif) and often used as service dogs, they are typically employed as police and fire dogs, as well as used in various military roles. Labradors and Goldens are far more often used as guide dogs for the blind than German Shepards, who tend to be a little more high strung than labs or goldens.

Both, however, would readily lie in front of a moving locamotive for someone they care about. Squeezing into a tight spot would be nothing. The four or five times I have actually seen a service dog on a plane, they are generally in a bulkhead seat, and often the seat next to the human passenger is kept empty. In fact, the very first time I flew FC was about 10 years ago, when I had a bulkhead seat next to a blind gentleman, whose dog was sitting at my feet. They bumped me into FC to give the dog and me a little more space.