Blind Man & Seeing-Eye Dog Removed From Airplane

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http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow ... z2kgMKp1nx

No executive summary?

The title is the executive summary.

I think a blind passenger should be allowed to keep his or her seeing eye dog.

Plus, I like dogs.

I think the flight crew who removed the blind man and his seeing-eye dog from the airplane exercised ZERO common sense not only for removing both, but for also kicking all the other passengers off of the airplane just because they were sticking up for both.

I agree. Zero common sense.

Now, once someone in a position of power enters into this authority and compliance mode, it's useless and in fact counterproductive to enter into a discussion and provide reasons. Or, very brief and matter-of-fact reasons, but even this is far less than a 100% deal.

In a similar way, it's usually a losing proposition to argue with a police officer. You do have certain rights such as to have a lawyer.

I assume that the blind guy wasn't the pilot or co-pilot.

I don't understand why a dog on an airplane is a problem to begin with. The other day when I took my daughter to the tag office to get her learners permit to drive, it was rainy and cold and there was some stray dog inside and nobody cared. Nobody put him out because it was rainy and cold. Even the lady whose baby was crawling around on the floor didn't mind the dog, so I can't imagine one doing much harm on an airplane. They keep the doors to the elementary school propped open in warm weather to cut down on the air conditioning and dogs and cats go in there all the time. Just wander in to the school. Usually they stay right there in the foyer but sometimes they go down the hall. They keep them out of the lunch rooms and classrooms though.