I’m lost. How could the dog walk up and down the aisle if it was restrained by the owner?
When a plane is on the tarmac for 1 hr...you tend to want to move...regardless of being trained or not...K9’s are going to be a bit apprehensive and may need to walk a bit - and since it was sitting on the tarmac (which I had the same experience waiting for fuel for 2.5 hrs in the dead of winter @ JFK) — who cares — it’s a lab - probably the MOST lovable K9 ever in existence! Per the owner getting irate - from Long Island - sure, that’s culture up there - plus - his dog wasn’t doing anything...I bet once the plane began to move and take off for the 30 minute flight north - he would have laid down...geez...
It’s okay for a a group of Arabs to get on a flight - yell scream - lock themselves int eh bathroom - and the flight takes off...no problem there....but a golden lab...welcome to Obamanation!
Here is what happened IMHO
The crappy airline delayed the flight and parked the plane on the tarmac for over an hour while telling all passengers to SHUT UP! TURN OFF YOUR IPHONE!
I imagine everyone was frustrated sitting on their hands.
Dogs don’t understand this bullcrap,the passengers barely understand this crap,and so the doggie got up and wandered around.
At that point I imagine that passengers were happy for a visit and a therapeutic pet.
The flight crew yells at the guy to get that dog under control.
The blind guy does his best, but it is an odd situation with lots of stimulus for the dog that is out of the ordinary.
They yell at the owner again.
He snips back
The Dog sniffs the flight attendants panties
CALL THE AUTHORITIES!!
GROUND THE FLIGHT!!
When the crew lies about the events.
My bet is that the crew got on their too-common authority kick, had a grumpy passenger (who happened to be blind) talk back (because of the hour-long delay on the tarmac), and they removed him because they were still in the throes of their opportunity to exert their authority (power corrupts)... and the rest of the passengers acted out, being tired of moronic stewards abusing their position.
Americans are getting very, very, very tired of authoritarians.