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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006Jerk with cat on TV show "Airline"
Did anyone catch this segment on the show "Airline" (A&E channel)? This guy checked his cat in a duffle bag and was going to let it fly as baggage. Someone at Southwest happened to see the bag moving, opened it, and found a cute Torbie named Francine. They called the guy down and told him the cat couldn't travel as luggage - he insisted she had been traveling like that and he couldn't get it through his thick head that it wasn't going to happen this time. The flight attendants finally got him a seat on Continental where Francine could fly in the cabin with him, but they told him he'd have to buy a pet carrier. He kept insisting that she could fly in the duffle bag, that all they had to do was "stick her in the bin." He finally bought a pet carrier for her - as he was loading her in the carrier he commented that he had "just euthanized her boyfriend - he ruined my orchids". I wanted to puke. Someone who witnessed the whole thing had offered to take the cat from him - I wish they had. This jerk didn't deserve that kitty! She was a sweet thing and very calm through all of this. It just makes me sick that she's still at this dolt's mercy... -L. > Did anyone catch this segment on the show "Airline" (A&E channel)? > This guy checked his cat in a duffle bag and was going to let it fly as [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > -L. That makes me ill. What is this show? I have never seen it and first thought it was going to be someone's idea of a "comedy" -- but it appears from your description that this may not be fiction. That man should be reported to animal welfare. MaryL > > Did anyone catch this segment on the show "Airline" (A&E channel)? > > This guy checked his cat in a duffle bag and was going to let it fly as [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > MaryL It's on A&E television, and it's a "reality" show. I watched once, and never again (don't care for reality tv, I want fake entertainment). I hadn't seen this, but it doesn't surprise me. > That makes me ill. What is this show? I have never seen it and first > thought it was going to be someone's idea of a "comedy" I think it IS supposed to be a comedy. (I've never watched it, because I saw a couple of rather silly and unfunny trailers, and decided I had better things to do with my time.) Perhaps it's another of those "reality" shows? In any case, some people obviously have a pretty perverted idea of humor! > That makes me ill. What is this show? It's more of an entertainment-documentary than anything else. It is sort of PBS-esque in its production. It's not supposed to be comedic but some segments will bring you a chuckle. Cameras are set up in four airports across the US (Baltimore, Chicago Midway, LAX and Houston) and they follow the stories of travelers and staff over the course of a day. They usually pick 3-4 "stories" to tell per episode. It gives you insight to the whacky things people try to pull on airplanes and in airports. Some stories are touching, some frustrating, some sort of amusing. I like to watch it when I can because we travel a lot and I like to see the ins and outs of how the airline works. Here's a link: http://www.aetv.com/airline/index.jsp > I have never seen it and first > thought it was going to be someone's idea of a "comedy" -- but it appears > from your description that this may not be fiction. That man should be > reported to animal welfare. What I didn't believe is he was so oblivious to his own cruel treatment of the cat. I was dumbfounded, as were the flight attendants. -L. >> That makes me ill. What is this show? > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > -L. Thanks (and also thanks to Annie and Evelyn). Some of the descriptions sound intriguing, but the episode you described would leave me in a state of rage. MaryL > Did anyone catch this segment on the show "Airline" (A&E channel)? > This guy checked his cat in a duffle bag and was going to let it fly as [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > -L. That makes me sick, sick, sick. People just never stop amazing me, how badly they treat animals and *think it is okay.* I can't tell you how many dolts bring animals to the shelter *in the trunk of the their car.* They don't see anything wrong with it. Sherry > That makes me sick, sick, sick. People just never stop amazing me, how > badly they treat animals and *think it is okay.* > I can't tell you how many dolts bring animals to the shelter *in the > trunk of the their car.* They don't see anything wrong with it. > Sherry Well, I once drove from California to Minnesota with two cats in a huge carrier in the back of my Civic hatchback, but that's not quite the same thing - we were all in the same enclosed space. (When the move didn't work out and I returned to CA, they were in separate carriers in the front of the car, next to me.) >He finally bought a pet carrier for her - as he was loading her in the >carrier he commented that he had "just euthanized her boyfriend - he [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >through all of this. It just makes me sick that she's still at this >dolt's mercy... Seeing something like that makes me wonder, if I could reach through the TV screen would I decide to just snatch the kitty out of his reach, or would I go straight for the jerk's throat.  SignatureWayne M. > It just makes me sick that she's still at this >dolt's mercy... My sentiments exactly. I watched this episode and would like to have stuffed *him* in a duffle bag! Poor kitty has my prayers. Jeanne |
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