Of U.S. Airlines, United had the highest rate of pet deaths, in 2017, 2016, 2015

[Stuart G]

Source: CNN

By Brandon Griggs, 6:10pm ET.

For pets, the skies of United Airlines lately have not been so friendly.

It's not just the French bulldog that died on a Houston-to-New York flight Monday after a United flight attendant told its owners to put the dog in an overhead bin.

Data from the US Department of Transportation show that three times as many animals died on United flights last year than on all the other US carriers put together. As you can see from this chart, 2017 wasn't an exception.

United has had the highest rate of pet deaths of any US airline for the past three years.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/us/animal-deaths-airlines-united-trnd/index.html

[Upthevibe]

1. Interesting...

I have a friend who is a flight attendant for Southwest. I always like to get her feedback on these kind of things.....

[mahannah]

4. What was her feedback?

[Bayard]

2. Well, that's just stupid

Even stupider than a flight attendant telling people to put a dog in an overhead bin, I can't believe the owners complied.

[Auggie]

3. Pet welfare isn't a priority for United. You wonder how they feel about people ...

and then you remember Dr. David Dao.

[mahannah]

5. Reason enough to not fly this line.

[The Wizard]

6. I refuse to pay a business

that will abuse me because they can. Ignoring the orders of a flight attendant will get you arrested. United employees let the power to abuse customers go to their heads.

[diane in sf]

7. United has had a bad pet death rate for decades.