Bslim: "The verified Great Lakes region Twitter account for the agency reported the passenger and dog owner did not tell TSA about her dog."

Soooo, these, supposedly mentally non-deficient "humans" need to be told there's a living, breathing creature inside a carrier meant precisely for that purpose?

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CSB:  I was sitting in a window seat, with no carry on, just behind the wing.  A lady and stewardess show up, and ask if I'll switch to the aisle seat, because her carryon won't fit under the aisle seat, which has slightly smaller foot-space.

The window seat gives me an extra two inches for my shoulder to fit, because I have shoulders, and on my shoulder/arm sticks into the aisle, and I get bumped all flight by people walking by, or asked to tuck my arm back within the confines of the seat.  I paid a tiny bit extra to choose my seat, I'd forgotten my Kindle, and my in flight entertainment was going to consist of staring out that window.

So, I said, "no, I won't switch seats, but you can toss your carryon in the space in front of my feet.  They hand me a little case, that looks like a diaper bag or something, soft sided with lots of pockets.  I stuff it under the space, and wedge my feet along side it.

About fifteen minutes into the flight, I notice this little bundle is wiggling.  It has a puppy inside!  I had no clue!  So my in flight entertainment switched to petting the puppy.  Free airplane puppy!

What I'm saying is that yes, it's incredibly easy to mistake some of these check on pet carriers as luggage, especially when the owner doesn't speak up and say something.    I tilted it sideways and stuffed it under a seat without noticing it.  I could have crushed the poor dog.

The lady in my story just handed me a bag of puppy without saying a word.  The lady in the article maybe just put her dog through the x-ray scanner without saying a word?  Maybe people should just use their words?