Not arguing here, but since there seems to be very little RL experience
w/cat transport by air...wanna relate how the Evil 3 got to MileHigh from
s.FL.....much internet surfing airline "pet cargo" links revealed that
almost *all* smaller airlines (the hoomin "bargain fare" kind) just shut
down after mid-May....it's called "pet embargo" and will not ship pets as
cargo again until fall (Sept. or Oct.: varies). This is because some of
their planes carry mostly cargo and not passengers, AWA the reverse...the
cargo carriers are never nonstop, and pick up/unload @ several airports on
way to final destination. It's all about the HEAT. I was told if
cargo-shipped cats plane stopped in any city where Ftemp was over 83o it was
a NO-GO (in other words, a no-no). SO....being in the heat area (Denver was
in the clear, as it (airline said) is never over 83o *at night*
here!....Atlanta & all TX cities were in the danger zone)....I turned to
Delta...we concocted a working plan - no aberration, safe for cats -
and this is what occurred: @ 2am May 24 (1 week b4 I flew one-way w/Rowdy in
cabin w/me) I dragged my butt out of bed, put the girls (Maluce & now RB
Sylvie)
in my carriers and we got on the 'niner (I-95) and headed south to
Ft.Ldl/Hlwd Int.Airport. In total dark, I finally found Delta *cargo*
office - far, far away from terminal; in a distant galaxy on airport
grounds - and hauled the girls up steep stairs to office....personnel there
very kind, pleasant, talked to girls, vet's papers taped to each carrier for
easy reading, $ changed hands, and I drove back home through tears &
half-asleep...@ 5:30am, girls' cargo plane took off for Atlanta, landing
there 9:30am, leaving 10:30am (temp still not over 83o @ that hour) heading
for Dallas/Ft.Worth...arriving there about
an hour later (don't remember time) - still not too hot -
and leaving for last leg of trip - DIA arrival @ 10:30am mountain time. My
allergic-to-cats son was waiting @ Denver Delta cargo office there to pick
up girls in their carriers (personnel quite pleasant) and drove them, as
they could not stay in his house for the week till I got there, to a
previously investigated vet boarding facility not far away which actually
had (girls didn't get) "victorian bedroom decor" boarding room....as
if!...where again FL vet's rabies, shots papers were inspected and retained.
This is very long but wanted to demonstrate cargo shipping w/a responsible
airline *is* possible (we did it)
for cross-country moves. One other thing: I was repeatedly warned by cargo
personnel NOT to plan on shipping girls by cargo *on the same day I was
flying here* as if anything went wrong or any emergency on any of their many
stops, we were dead in the water for anyone to deal w/it in FL and I would
be on a plane w/Rowdy headed for MileHigh during that time...thus why I
shipped girls a week ahead of myself/Rowdy.
Rowdy is obnoxious & half-blind & huge...that's why he traveled w/me in
cabin, in soft-sided carrier. When I first got my puter, I posted our
adventure of the dude who'd had 4 Heinikins in 20 minutes lofting to ceiling
then falling on Rowdy in seat next to me LOL.....hope this has given anyone
interested 411 on airline pet-cargo shipping cross-country.

You seem determined to turn anything I say into a moot point. I'll ask
you this *again*, just to snap back to reality, and the topic at hand:
OK, fine. You go ahead and order your cat from Cat Fancy ads.
(remember, this is the point you're arguing)
The breeder will ship it to you. Your cat will arrive at the airport.
Since you live in such an isolated area, I'll assume your little town
doesn't have an airport. Great. Now you have your cat. How are you
going to pick it up?
And why would I care whether you have a car or not? It's YOUR cat
starving to death at the airport with no ride home, not mine.