FINALLY, the FAA has told airlines to stop being dumb and let people use ebooks and video players on planes because they will not somehow randomly make planes crash.

So the number of animals that died on passenger airline flights in the US last year has been released. And once again, I'm reminded that I hate newspapers. Please note how eagerly this article compares numbers of deaths by year with not a SINGLE reference to how many animals flew on each airline during the year. There's no way from this article for ( Read more... )

Next day was time to head home. Which means that once I again, I commend myself to the goodness and mercy of Alaska Airlines ( Read more... )

Very little on the crazy spectrum today. And Mrs Miller did follow through with giving us money, so no need for nagging phone calls, yay! The only kinda weird was a woman who came in looking for a couple of kittens. When I said that we have a couple sheriff's department impounds that will be going to rescue, but they haven't been spayed yet, she ( Read more... )

to yesterday's dog bite story, here's a case where the owner clearly needs to be smacked. Please note that in this case the owner blatantly disregarded common sense, regulations, and specific instructions, and this dog bit 2 people. Please also note, that so far nobody's screaming for the destruction of the dog, presumably because it's littleThe ( Read more... )

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hPYJ3UJvZK5QJaD6tVaTedgWZwqAD9HLFA301Read more... )

And not good news. Half of the dogs on a single flight from Tulsa to Chicago Tuesday died.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/08/04/illinois.airline.dog.deaths/index.html?hpt=T2

So this is kind of interesting reading, but I want to reinforce something that's briefly mentioned here--statistics without a base population are crap and ought all to be taken with a whole spoonful of salt. While airlines are required to report adverse incidents, they are not required to report how many animals of what species/breeds they ship, ( Read more... )

Sounds to me like everyone involved in this was stupid one way or another, but in particular, I find this too stupid to adequately express:

AirTran company policy bars animals other than cats, dogs and household birds in the cabin, said spokesman Christopher White. White cited a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that says the ( Read more... )

How not to disappear quietly when you are in trouble:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/marcus-schrenker-abandone_n_157258.html