“Upset in the Skies: Flight Attendant Gives Cat Owner an Ultimatum That Turns Heads!”
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And I was like, what? One, he’s a cat. Two, he’s not screaming, he’s meowing, because there’s a lot of commotion. Bags being put in the bin. There’s bags being put underneath the plane. There’s just a lot going on, scary things for a little guy who’s sitting in a little carrier underneath the seat.
I was like, “Are you serious?” I’ve never heard this before. We fly with him a lot, and she’s like, “If you can’t get him to stop, we’ll have to ask you to deplane.” The first thought, I didn’t say this, but I was like, so if parents have kids that are crying, do we make them deplane? Like, how is this any different? But I did not say that. I did not go there. I was just like, um, okay.
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So now we’re panicked. No one said anything to this flight attendant, we’ve been on the plane for that little amount of time. This flight attendant just, I don’t know if they don’t like cats or what, but I could not believe how quickly this all happened, and I’m shocked again. It’s five in the morning. We barely got any sleep, so now we’re panicked, trying to get Gus to be quiet while everyone’s boarding and making noise around us so we don’t get kicked off this flight. But I also, I’m like, there’s no way that this is a rule. I’ve never heard this before.
So I text Delta, and I asked them to clarify what the actual policy is so I’m prepared in case the situation escalates. They said, “I don’t believe that you can be removed only because your cat is meowing. However, let me check the pet policies to be 100% certain.” They come back and they say the requirements are that the customer is responsible for keeping the pet passive and in the kennel for the duration of the flight. And two, the pet must be in a clean kennel that does not create discomfort for other customers. Well, we have a clean kennel. There’s no discomfort there, and the requirement is for the pet to be passive, not silent. Like, that is a huge distinction.
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