SWA has been my favorite airline, but with the new PAWS policy, I will not be flying them in the future. Earlier posts from some pet lovers seem to think allergies are not a big deal and point out service animals have been allowed for years. To my knowledge, there is no such thing as a CAT service pet. Most people with pet allergies list cats as the main problem. Until you have had an attack from the dander and experienced the rush to the emergency room and urgency to try to breathe, you may feel differently about airline pet exposure. I would hope SWA at least notifies all passengers of pets aboard and has back of the plane seating restrictions on pet carrying customers. I found their website interesting as it is vague about the number of pets allowed on board. The interesting sentence give them the right to have MORE than 5 pets on board at times. This says to me, if pets owners are willing to pay, there will be room for their pet. It won't matter how many. I cannot imagine the poor flight attendants and pilots having to deal with all the problems this new policy will create. Bad policy in my opinion.
... View more