The pets being exposed to weather elements on the tarmac is a process question. The current luggage handling process is based on inanimate objects which can be left outside for a while. Your chocolate, wine, face cream, etc may be spoilt in the 40C heat but are usually replaceable. If the pet carriers were kept indoors until the last minute and then brought out for loading, the question would largely be resolved.
I understand that if temps are above a certain degree then the passage is cancelled. From nephews experience.
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You’ll be sitting above the animal, not next to it, which opens up the possibility of a howling dog and crying baby at the same time!
nvm i just remembered we are in australia. more likely a howling kangaroo that will punch me in the balls if it escapes from underneath
More likely to be a drop bear from the overhead.nvm i just remembered we are in australia. more likely a howling kangaroo that will punch me in the balls if it escapes from underneath
I think you may be surprised to find people are more intelligent than that.
But people on this thread have already said they will take their pet with them if they have to evacuate and that is against the FAA regulations. even a few seconds delay could end up causing fatalities with an evacuation. So emotion is very likely to beat intelligence.
You think?
But there are lots of factors that *could* delay an evacuation. Pax in wheelchairs for example. Pax - still! - taking hand luggage. Delays by the pilots realising there’s even a problem… which to me is far more of a problem (Asiana at SFO being a prime example).
People perhaps. Not passengers though....
Pax in wheelchairs will be taken care of by the cabin crew after everyone else is off. Hand luggage. Yes, the bins really need to be lockable. Pilot delays, perhaps, but only in those cases where they have subservient crews. I can't see too many Australians hanging around after the hull is breached!
Agreed. But the parents want to travel up front, and won't pay for their children. Actually if the kids are old enough to be down the back, I suspect they'll beat everyone else off.
Yes.
It's rare, but does that mean we shouldn't prepare for it, and treat it as the life threatening event it will be. Much of aviation is so rare that it almost doesn't exist...but when it does pop up, it has the ability to kill hundreds very quickly. Ignore or prepare?
Nobody will ever do it, but I'd love to see one of these 'tests' run with normal run of the mill passengers. I'd put $10,000 in some of their bags, and really set fire to the 'aircraft'.
My response was about removing them from the carrier during a flight not an emergency. The chance of an evacuation in Australia is so low that I never consider it when flying and the thought would not enter my mind if taking my pet on board. Not sure how that issue would be solved in an emergency and I am unaware if it has ever happened.
Pretty sure we all accept there may be delays for pax who can't manage quite for themselves. And children. It's somewhat weird you compare human life with pets. I have a pet. It would be devastating to lose one in this manner but please don't compare them with human life.
Yes and there will be exceptions but not the rule.
Have you read the FAA advice I linked. pets in the cabin are considered carryon baggage and must obey all carryon regulations which means they must be left behind in an evacuation. Even a few seconds can mean life or death for some.
I always treat every flight as a potential emergency. In buildings I check for exits etc. as a matter of routine. Can't rely on someone else, with Pistol and Boo under each arm, to assist you. Offshore I'd run crew through fire emergency drills every Sunday. A fire in the moonpool, crash on the heli-deck, etc. On a plane you should have some idea which way you are going to exit even if you don't have skills for anything other than an escape.
Face it, there are alot of special people in Australia.
