Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

Do they serve steak on this airline?

But will they take my snakes?

Counting the days hours until the inevitable "Fur Flies As Caged Furry Files Discrimitation Lawsuit" headline.

davidphogan: Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

They need to make an airline for infants too and ban them from traveling with us civilized people.

This is f**king stupid.

Old news is really, really old.

BiteMyShinyMetalAss: This is f**king stupid.

Your dog is smarter then you.

Cap Ten Oblivious: davidphogan: Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

They need to make an airline for infants too and ban them from traveling with us civilized people.

This.

brap: Counting the days hours until the inevitable "Fur Flies As Caged Furry Files Discrimitation Lawsuit" headline.


I'm not taking any chances.

On the plus side, they did set a record. For least viable business plan..ever.

//ok, maybe second to an andrew 'dice' clay comedy tour..

This is the perfect economic climate to invest in a completely useless business.

Ric Romero says:

People with pets often have disposable income, and do silly things for them.


Me, I have a dog that needs $100 of medicine every month, and I plan to pay that for the next 10+ years. If you're wealthy enough to travel across country, and have a pet, you're likely wealthy enough to splash out the additional $300 or so for the trip. You'd be paying a good chunk of that anyways, shipping the pet as cargo.

Melgania: Cap Ten Oblivious: davidphogan: Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

They need to make an airline for infants too and ban them from traveling with us civilized people.

This.

Me too. THIS THAT THIS. Keep your loud-ass, crappy baby off of my plane.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy a new dog when your plane lands?

So this is like what, the fifth time this story has been posted on Fark?

Constance Velocity: Melgania: Cap Ten Oblivious: davidphogan: Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

They need to make an airline for infants too and ban them from traveling with us civilized people.

This.

Me too. THIS THAT THIS. Keep your loud-ass, crappy baby off of my plane.

I'd easily pay double for it.

Idiots... Dogs don't have any money

meh
the dogs hog up all the window seats.

Your dog does not want the fish.

eggrolls

A classic.

I don't think I've ever seen the blurred "though I have become an internet meme, I'll take myself out of the equation and thus somehow lessen my legacy of shiatheelness" version.

I'd really like to Jap slap a trucker into next week when I read stories like this.

CaptSacto: meh
the dogs hog up all the window seats.

Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home his face might burn up.

Reporter: What kind of plane is it?
Johnny: Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol

What first class might look like

Hick: BiteMyShinyMetalAss: This is f**king stupid.

Your dog is smarter then you.

Anyone else catch the beautiful irony of Hick's post?

Is there a pet toilet?

bmfderek: Hick: BiteMyShinyMetalAss: This is f**king stupid.

Your dog is smarter then you.

Anyone else catch the beautiful irony of Hick's post?

You know, if aliens are watching us, they probably think the dogs are the leaders.

If you see two life forms: one of them is making a poop, the other one is carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge?

bmfderek: Hick: BiteMyShinyMetalAss: This is f**king stupid.

Your dog is smarter then you.

Anyone else catch the beautiful irony of Hick's post?

Just a touch of moran.

Isn't there some kind of recession on? Where people don't have any money and the states don't have budgets and are paying employees with IOUs and stuff? And everyone is out of work?

Just checking.

How about - "Your dog wants an upgrade to first class". It would have been so easy, subby..

Melgania: Cap Ten Oblivious: davidphogan: Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

They need to make an airline for infants too and ban them from traveling with us civilized people.

This.

I'll settle for keeping them out of first class.

Dog thread!

You know, given the circumstances, I would probably opt for this.

It's not that much more expensive then shipping the pet by cargo, and definitely safer. I'd worry myself out wondering what's happening to my dog in a cargo hold.

And you know, when the couple started working toward this 5 years ago, it actually had a very reasonable chance of being successful. People had more disposable income, and those without kids were spending on their pets.

Pre-recession, this would probably take off. Not so sure now, but I think there are probably still people who would be willing to avail themselves of their services.

Definitely a good idea. MemeSlave: Ric Romero says:

People with pets often have disposable income, and do silly things for them.


Me, I have a dog that needs $100 of medicine every month, and I plan to pay that for the next 10+ years. If you're wealthy enough to travel across country, and have a pet, you're likely wealthy enough to splash out the additional $300 or so for the trip. You'd be paying a good chunk of that anyways, shipping the pet as cargo.

Totally true. There are pet resorts where the dogs live better than I do!

Like at this place

/I'm in the wrong business

Just a bunch of cats scared shiatless at the noise and vibrations. A lot of vomit, poop, and owners with way too much money.

/drtfa
//private pilot in training

How about "Your dog wants the kosher meal"?

or maybe "Your dog wants snake"?

/just asking

This is a brilliant idea. Long overdue.

Hick: BiteMyShinyMetalAss: This is f**king stupid.

Your dog is smarter then you.

Hehe...
You are joking, right? New Fark meme?

As per the article, there's a demand for this service since flights are booked for the next two months. Sounds like it would make sense if you need to take your pet across the country or a very significant distance and you're not driving. For example if you're moving, or going for a lengthy vacation and you want to bring your pet with you instead of boarding him/her. Good option for "snow birds" who fly down to Florida for winter months. It sounds like it is a superior option to flying your pet in the cargo of a plane where then has been a lot of stories of tragedies due to extreme temperatures, pets escaping, etc. Like to see how it works out, if it is profitable, if there are any incidents of major behavior problems with the pets, etc.

Fark wouldn't let me link it, but here's a story about dogs in Russia that commute by train to bum food in the city each day, then commute home to the suburbs at the end of the day (with pics).

http://www.impactlab.com/2009/06/04/wild-dogs-in-russia-take-the-train-to-commu t e/

bmfderek: Hick: BiteMyShinyMetalAss: This is f**king stupid.

Your dog is smarter then you.

Anyone else catch the beautiful irony of Hick's post?

That's far from "beautiful irony". It's just average grade careless.

Rarely do I see something here the day after I see it on the national news.

I thought I posted this earlier, but apparently Firefox neglected to save my password, so it never actually MADE it through the intertubes.

Trimming the earlier snark and such out of what I posted, the bottom line - why is "Amanda Hickey" paying to fly her dogs from her soon-to-be home in Denver to Chicago while she gets hitched in Aruba?

lenfromak: Melgania: Cap Ten Oblivious: davidphogan: Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

They need to make an airline for infants too and ban them from traveling with us civilized people.

This.

I'll settle for keeping them out of first class.

but first class is only a thin curtain away from coach

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe instead of flying zepplins and throwing out silver dollars for are amusement, the filthy rich are giving their pet's their own airline to mock the average smuck in today's economy.

Cap Ten Oblivious: but first class is only a thin curtain away from coach

I agree. Children should be treated as baggage that's not allowed under the seats on flights.

I feel a better business plan would have been a pet FRIENDLY airline, where pets and their owners can both get seats on the plane together, maybe have sealed off little cubicles kinda like a train... I could not afford to fly my cats on vacation with me anyways, but if I could, I would find having my pets on a different plane with a different flight schedule just as stressful if not more than having them in cargo. I worry enough about losing my luggage :-/

davidphogan: Cap Ten Oblivious: but first class is only a thin curtain away from coach

I agree. Children should be treated as baggage that's not allowed under the seats on flights.

Two words: Cough medicine.

Give it to them 30 minutes before take-off, and they'll sleep the whole dang way. Parents always get snippy about drugging their kids, but seriously, once or twice for plane trips isn't going to hurt them.

If its an airbus, you'll never see your poor little pet again. The ritual killing of people by airbus has moved to dogs!

davidphogan: Good, get them off the planes I fly on. One dog shiatting within 10 feet of me on a plane was enough to make me wish they all were banned.

They need to make an airline for infants too and ban them from traveling with us civilized people.


YAY.