Dogs and cats on planes sitting with passengers.

Air Canada allow small dogs and cats to travel in the cabin. They have to be in a pet carrier. The carrier and the animal together must weigh under 10kg. I have a friend who has taken her small dog on planes in Canada for around twenty years or more.

MissInterpreted

With all due respect, the same could be said about anyone who is allergic to anything.

Animals are a known cause of allergic asthma in many people. Other allergens such as dust, pollen etc are unlikely to be present in large quantities on a plane.
Would they serve foods with nuts or sesame seeds in them knowing they are dangerous to some people?
Animals should not be allowed in the cabin.

MissInterpreted

With all due respect, the same could be said about anyone who is allergic to anything.

Not all allergies can cause life threatening reactions, in reality almost all don't. If I'm allergic to fish I can refuse it, and the man sitting in front of me eating it won't cause me any problems. Peanuts aren't served on planes anymore because of the very rare possibility of somebody having a devastating reaction. I've been on a flight where it was announced there was a passenger with a peanut allergy so passengers were instructed not to consume any peanut products they may have with them on the flight. It's called having consideration for others.

MissInterpreted

With all due respect, the same could be said about anyone who is allergic to anything.

Not easy to get to a hospital when mid-flight across an ocean.

Peanuts are not served for that reason.

MissInterpreted

With all due respect, the same could be said about anyone who is allergic to anything.

We always had dogs when I was a child, when I was first married we had dogs.

I have had asthma since a child, it began to get worse in my late teens, by the time I was 27 I had been hospitalised so many times I lost count. It was eventually discovered that I had become extremely allergic to dogs.

I need to take extra medication if I know I am going to be near dogs or be anywhere where dogs have been.

The thought of getting on a plane with dogs in the cabin or they have been under the seat I am sitting in, terrifies me…

NHS England. 3 people died each day from asthma and every 10 seconds someone will have a life threatening asthma attack.

Is there the same problem with flowers and allergies? Passengers sometimes bring on-board bunches of flowers, and orchids etc.

MissInterpreted

With all due respect, the same could be said about anyone who is allergic to anything.

They ban nuts nowadays. Any other allergy and be managed by dietary control and Air filtration. . Sitting next to so an animal you breathe in their hair, fur ,dander before it reaches the filters. A ridiculous thing to do. Animals should be in a separate area, along with their owners.

AGAA4

NHS England. 3 people died each day from asthma and every 10 seconds someone will have a life threatening asthma attack.

I was resuscitated twice before I was 27 due to severe asthma attacks.

GG13 I had some bad ones too where I went unconscious in the ambulance as I couldn't breathe.

Where will they do their 'business'?

AGAA4

GG13 I had some bad ones too where I went unconscious in the ambulance as I couldn't breathe.

Asthma can be very scary, I wish people were aware of how serious/dangerous an asthma attack can be.

I have never been in a plane with an animal not in the hold and I hope I never will it’s ridiculous All animals should be in the hold in cages

Callistemon21

MissInterpreted

With all due respect, the same could be said about anyone who is allergic to anything.

Not easy to get to a hospital when mid-flight across an ocean.

Peanuts are not served for that reason.

I understand that - but people can have life-threatening allergies to all kinds of things. My friend had a very severe allergic reaction on a transatlantic flight - thankfully she did have her epipen to hand. As I said, I wouldn't take my dog on a flight anyway, but you cannot expect to be able to avoid anything which might cause an allergic reaction. Many people are allergic to latex, for instance.

On Brittany Ferries pets have to go with their owners in a separate area. I think that is sensible.

I think what some of us are saying is there is no need for animals to be in the cabin area for many reasons and a common allergy to animals is just one. The cabin would stink if several dogs were " doing their business" in a confined space is another reason.

AGAA4

I think what some of us are saying is there is no need for animals to be in the cabin area for many reasons and a common allergy to animals is just one. The cabin would stink if several dogs were " doing their business" in a confined space is another reason.

That conjures up the most gross scenario ever, on good reason for not having animals on flights.

It's the thought of a barking dog or howling cat that bothers me

With regard to flowers/plants on planes, I assume this can only be on internal flights since it is illegal in most countries to import flowers and plants, and even many vegetables. You cannot take so much as an apple into New Zealand, it’s illegal, and highly policed at the border.

Just looked it up, and it seems we can not bring flowers or plants into the UK without a phytosanitary certificate, which means certificate of plant health. If bringing from the EU it is allowed, no idea why, but a plant from the EU seems to be just as likely to carry disease as one that’s not.
With regard to allergies, I cannot see why plants or flowers are allowed in plane cabins.
They could indeed cause a severe allergic reaction in some people.
Apart from that, I imagine they’d be a nuisance to store and could make people trying to put a case in the cabin cupboard rather annoyed if someone else was asking for their plant to be protected.
So a big no from me for animals and plants in cabins. It’s not as if a plant can’t be easily bought in the country of origin.

Someone got fined $1,000 for taking a couple of apples into Australia. It was apples she'd taken on the plane as a snack and not eaten.

I've never seen flowers or plants on a plane 🤔

Every time I see this post I have this vision of dogs and cats (few humans) sitting upright with airline seat belts on!


On a serious note, what a nightmare it would be, barking and growling and meowing and hissing and dog and cat poo and wee? How awful!

Nor have I Callistemon.

Cossy imagine sitting on the seat where a dog has had its bottom!
Larger dogs are allowed on American internal flights.
Thankfully not here.
Preferably not anywhere, and in my opinion, not even smaller ones in carry cages.