Well I recently sold a puppy that had the possbility of being shipped (she did not have to be) and in calling the different airlines, American actually referred me to Contennintal. Apparently Contennintal can do it in this hot weather because the animals are taken from the plane to an airconditioned van and then driven to an a/ced waiting site. I had mentioned this to her beforehand, but she said that she had never had trouble shipping w/ American as long as it was not 85 degs. at the time tha the puppy arrived in the destination airport. She said that she usually has to put the pups on 5 & 6 o'clock flights. When I spoke w/ American, I was under the impression that if a city had already hit 85 this summer that it was off limits- regardless of the temp. in the mornings. Who knows, she has done this a lot more than me. I will just keep my fingers crossed that he gets here safely and in good health. It may even get to the point that I have to drive up and meet her, which I will do.
__________________ Beth Veselka  |