Woody's in PA!! See Karen's new thread

[Cinder & Smoke]

Apropos of nothing - I got the impression that this was a commuter-size plane.

Since when do they have cargo holds? I thought stuff went in the cabin in a secured area.

If the aircraft is a dash 7 or 8, anyway.

The "larger" commuter jet flies DFW to Philly ... it's a
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Super 80 (or DC-9-80), sometimes called the MD-80;
combining the new engines with a further stretched fuselage, increased span wing and other improvements. Launched in October 1977, the Super 80 first flew on October 18 1979. Seats approx 142 passengers. Flight Crew of 2 = Pilot + First Oficer.

From another discussion board:
"... American employees figured out a way to rig up a second smaller hose that funnels some of the cool air from the plane into the cargo hold...
American's working to install the belly coolers at more and more gates ...

So far they have the belly coolers at all of the gates that handle Super 80 airplanes.
The plane with the most cramped cargo hold
and also the most common plane in American's fleet. (Dated August, 2007)
Seems like the Super 80 does have one or more "belly holds".

Again, the issue isn't the temperature aboard the operating aircraft - it's the
possible temperatures during loading / unloading and travel to / from the terminal.

/s Phred

[Emeraldgreen]

Do the regulations for temperature just have to do with the ground time spent between transfer or does it also apply to boarding and deboarding ground time as well? If it just applied to ground time spent between planes, would it be worth it to try and find a direct flight that doesn't transfer from one plane to another? I haven't checked but I'm guessing that the flight that transfers to another plane is less expensive than a direct flight but it could solve the problem. Maybe there isn't a direct flight available though.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Do the regulations for temperature just have to do with the ground time spent between transfer
or does it also apply to boarding and deboarding ground time as well?

... would it be worth it to try and find a direct flight that doesn't transfer
from one plane to another?

1) The Temperature Rules apply to a Live Animal for every second that animal is
in the care & custody of, and is the responsibility of, American Airlines.
They take that responsibility Seriously and do NOT "bend" their own rules.

2) We HAVE checked - there are NO direct or non-stop flights between Wichita Falls, TX
and either Harrisburg OR Philadelphia, PA.

3) The small commuter jet flying out of Wichita Falls does NOT fly on to
either Harrisburg noe Philadelphia - passengers and cargo & Animals must
exit the little Wichita Falls plane at Dallas / Ft Worth and board a lil bigger jet
to get to Harrisburg or Philadelphia.

/s/ Phred