Another Reason Why Airline Travel Is AWFUL!!!!

    AND......it's getting worse all the time....not better.     There are many reasons why flying today is an insufferable pain in the butt...not the least of which I simply hate flying.     But when flying commercial is about the only way to get from here to there...and back... is the only option.....we all do it.    We grin and bear it....and just "do it."

     But what I want to know today is....why do the airlines hate animals?  More specifically, why does Jet Blue hate our cat?  And even more specifically, we're talking here a tiny little kitten (2 lbs 8 oz).    Understand, this particular rant is not coming from a whacky animal lover.   We have a pet (kitten) in our home for only one reason; because my wife loves animals.   However, I come to the defense of these little critters when the airlines want to ban them.   Oh, they'll allow one or two on most flights, provided they're in specifically designed carriers (which the airline will sell to you) and they'll fit under the seat in front of you.   The rub is this:  The airlines will charge you more for the cat tucked under the seat than than they'll charge you for your seat.    True!!!!!

     I've got a flight coming up...round trip to Florida.....got a nice fare.....$96 dollars each way.   Nice.   To bring the cat along?   An additional $100.. each way.   Do you believe this?   96-bucks for me....100 bucks for the cat......JAMMED INTO A TINY CAGE AND TUCKED UNDER THE SEAT IN FRONT OF ME!!!!   Fortunately for me I don't have to but I could bring a small child onto the plane with me, a little brat who screams and hollers, pees and poops, tosses animal cracker crumbs over two rows of seats, turns the flight into a flight from Hell for all the people around me.......and that two-legged terror goes for free......FREE...no charge.   My tiny little kitten stuffed under the seat bothering no-one.... pays $100.

     Animal lovers and people who would ban obnoxious kids.....UNITE!!!