1. If you have the option to not fly commercially and I assume switch to charters or private plane then more power to you. Enjoy NetJets.
2. Are you seeing a sudden Noah's Arc like proliferation of comfort dogs on planes? My wife and I both fly extensively, we both have Executive Platinum status on American Airlines, and we have never seen a comfort dog on a flight. Seeing a service dog on a plane is extremely rare and a dog in a carrier under a seat is not a common site either (at best we see this on 1 out of 10 flights).
3. I understand your safety concerns but thankfully airplane accidents have become extremely rare and as I stated above my sense is that animals in the cabin are also rare so I feel that the statistical likelihood of a dog in the cabin at the time of an accident is fairly low.
4. I completely understand that you do not prefer the company of dogs and I fully support the right to your opinion. I on the other hand would prefer to be around more dogs than a lot of people but to each his own.
5. What is the impetus of your post? Were you bothered by a comfort dog on a flight or forced to sit next to one? Or do you just object to them in principal and the fact that anecdotally some may could possibly be faking it or taking advantage of a loophole? Me, I have problem with so many people cramming rollaboards in the overhead compartments and people lying about their children's ages so they can fly cheaper.
6. I am sure that there have been plenty of incidents of animals in the cabin behaving badly but the percentage of people behaving badly is probably much greater.
Just my thoughts.
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