We leave them with friends, in boarding kennels and catteries.

Having your pet with you 24/7 is —for most people— an unnecessary kink, an expression that we've got too used to getting our own way.

It's not healthy. Get a grip.

Already it's normalized. No one is protesting in the streets about a cat aboard a plane.

Screeching infant, however? I'd vote to kennel.

Babies are humans and I think most people would agree they should be given preferential treatment over pets as such.

Airlines could do so much better with price discrimination than they do. Back three rows are dog rows, one dog per row. Pay double for the ticket. First airline to do it will make a killing. Have a behavior and temperament verification course if you like. Make the little guys wear a Hannibal lector mask if they’re big enough to be dangerous. The current system minimizes revenue, convenience for dog owners, and doesn’t preserve convenience for non-dog owners. It’s mind boggling.

People might have legitimate reasons on why they need to move their pets.

Hire a dog sitter, maybe? Or as another commenter mentions, if you care that much, pay for a seat for your non-service dog. Something many airlines still let you do, you just have to pay for it.

Unfortunately, most do not. And then they just go "oh, she's friendly, don't worry", when their dog jumps up into some 3-year-old's face and scares the crap out of them...

This is inconsiderate. Would you write "hire a babysitter, maybe?"?

Extra fee for an in-cabin (non-service) animal is perfectly understandable. I haven't seen that option, though.

Lest we forget, in this 21st century nonsense, dogs are not actual children.

I'd love if people hired babysitters (or left children with family) instead of taking their SCREAMING children on airplanes, sure.

I love my dog but no way will I take him on an airplane in any manner. So we board him when we go on vacation.

Those pet transportation services are for large animals like horses, and for exotics. The costs are prohibitive for regular pets (i.e. not your million-dollar tiger.)

1. https://pets.costhelper.com/pet-shipping.html

Source: I lived there and have friends whose pets had to go through quarantine. You can either do the quarantine on the mainland before travel, or in Hawaii after travel.

So I would not be comfortable on a plane with any dog that wasn't in a cage, or at least muzzled.

People have been flying with animals in the cabin for decades. I've done it three times with cats since the 1990's.

The difference is that back then, it was to transport the animal from one side of the country to the other safely, so the animal stayed in its container under the seat.

Today, attention whores treat other living creatures like they're fashion accessories, and let them run around the cabin and sit in the seats and do whatever they want, as long as it gets them the attention they crave.

Many, if not most, of these folk just have larger dogs that don't qualify for under-seat.

I drove my golden retriever across the country on three occasions (~130 hours of driving all told?). I wish there were a reasonable and ethical flight option, but I would never trust an animal to cargo.