I fly twice a week for business. I was on a flight from FLL to ATL that departed at 6am. Now I normally fly first class due to the fact of my status (I can’t afford first class nor would my company pay for it).
The boarding process was normal and the aircraft, a Boeing 767, began to taxi down to the end of runway 9 left. We were just about to take off when I noticed that all the women in first class were screaming and standing in their seats. Now I got a bit nervous so I also got my feet off the ground. I thought maybe a huge RAT was running around. Well it turns out a woman in first class had a pet baby gerbil in her purse that escaped.
The aircraft had to return to the gate so that the police department could retrieve the rodent. Luckily a passenger seated in coach was able to get the pet and the woman was removed from the aircraft with her undeclared pet.
Signed, Jammin Jay
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"Now I normally fly first class due to the fact of my status (I can't afford first class nor would my company pay for it)."
Um, what?
He flies alot, and has enough points to fly 1st class. He doesn't pay for it, its because of his frequent flier status.
We had a guy that tried to go thru with his pet bird, got cought and he was fussing that this was a very important part of his show (he was a magicion)and he HAS to fly with the bird. They tell him no he can't bring it on board but can buy a carrier for it and check it into the cargo bin. What does he do instead, you ask? He kills it! Wrings it's neck and puts it in the trash! This "very important bird." Well, the LOE's see this and arrest and ticket him for cruelity to animals and he had to go to court. Some people!
pardon the spelling please!
I think killing a bird in one, swift motion is as merciful as it gets.
He doesn't fly a lot, because he's a bull$hitter. The police do not get involved in escaped gerbil situations, if they did there would be a problem of another sort!