Taking animals on a plane....why USAir can bite my ass.

[Ekade]

Consider it a potential blessing, Ferrets are very good and chewing and destoying everything you own.

Jabe

PS. Did I mention they smell?

Pets are just substitutes for children anyways. Chal is cleary testing Novall's parental skills. Part of the evaluation process, no doubt.

Oops.. perhaps I have said too much. I hope I have not violated The Code.

*sneaks away*

[Novall]

it was -50 degrees celcius the other day

In the cargo area?!?

Not just a blanket X'an, but shredded into thin strips and loosly packed to create lots pockets of dead air..

Still, -50? Celcius?!

here's how it works..

let's say the ground temperature is 0 deg C (32 deg F)

the average temperature lapse rate is -2 deg C per 1000 feet of altitude

so if you climb to 10,000, you subtract 20 deg C

normal airline flights (those over an hour) usually fly between the high 20's to 40,000 feet

Well, the good thing is. For ever dead animal that comes out of a plane's cargo hold with vet papers, it costs the airline around $10,000 in fines from the USDA according to the Animal Wellfare Act. You can bet I'll be reporting it if something happens. And since this is the last time either one of us will use USAir, hopefully this wont happen again.

The one time in 20 years of flying I've been scared on a plane was with USAir this past February. Thats the first time since I was 7 that I was afraid I was gonna crash on a plane.

Doesnt really matter now though since Chal is takin it back. Now were both sad

[Isleh]

In the cargo area?!?

Not just a blanket X'an, but shredded into thin strips and loosly packed to create lots pockets of dead air..

Still, -50? Celcius?!

here's how it works..

let's say the ground temperature is 0 deg C (32 deg F)

the average temperature lapse rate is -2 deg C per 1000 feet of altitude

so if you climb to 10,000, you subtract 20 deg C

normal airline flights (those over an hour) usually fly between the high 20's to 40,000 feet

Well, the good thing is. For ever dead animal that comes out of a plane's cargo hold with vet papers, it costs the airline around $10,000 in fines from the USDA according to the Animal Wellfare Act. You can bet I'll be reporting it if something happens. And since this is the last time either one of us will use USAir, hopefully this wont happen again.

The one time in 20 years of flying I've been scared on a plane was with USAir this past February. Thats the first time since I was 7 that I was afraid I was gonna crash on a plane.

Doesnt really matter now though since Chal is takin it back. Now were both sad

=/

[Isleh]

here's how it works..

let's say the ground temperature is 0 deg C (32 deg F)

the average temperature lapse rate is -2 deg C per 1000 feet of altitude

so if you climb to 10,000, you subtract 20 deg C

normal airline flights (those over an hour) usually fly between the high 20's to 40,000 feet

I guess there isn't much insulation in the cargo area and thin aluminum isn't going to help. I wonder how those little glass snow globes everyone seems to take home on vacation survive.

[Jaminos]

No offence Novall but the moment I read the part you have a baby farret made me no joke fall out of my chair laughing soo hard. Not meaning to be mean just it seems to fit under your animal world index. Though you can make fun of me for babying a 10 year old turtle that I got seince he had hatched. Everytime i go somewhere out of town where it means I need to stay overnight, I take him in his portable tank. My wife hates turtles with a passion but I let her have that damned cat of hers. Anyhow, demon cats aside glad to see you back and that sucks!