 Hands down!
If you have the option to take your dog into the cabin w/ you, DO!
My new Yorkie is flying in from Budapest, Hungary to Chicago and I'm not worried about her one bit. I've flown, like I said before, a hundred or more dogs (I train and show...that is my business) around this globe w/ great success. More dogs get misplaced on wrong flights than die. I know it happens, I've seen it. I will still continue to fly knowing the risks. Further, I don't know that it is AA's policy to "deny" care to an animal in obvious distress. I think this is an isolated case and those directly responsible should be punished. Someone should've had the cajones to fess up and allow the dog to leave their care if the owners could verify it was their dog. That's all. |