Thank you very much, Madam Vice-Chair.
Thanks very much to all of our presenters with us by teleconference or here in person. Certainly this is an interesting subject this afternoon.
Practically everyone we look at sitting around this table spends quite a bit of time in the air, so it's something that has certainly crossed my mind many times. As recently as Thanksgiving weekend, when I was flying home after my week here, I could not believe the number of pets that were on that plane. It's not usual that I see this, but that day, whether there were a lot of people going for Thanksgiving with families who were taking their pets along or whatever the reasons were, there were several pets on that plane.
It crossed my mind several times that I was glad it was me and not my sister on that flight, because she is very highly allergic to cats. It's an interesting conversation we're having here as to what her recourse would have been had she been seated on that plane. Actually, one of the cats was sitting in the seat right in front of me, so I was in very close proximity.
What I'm hearing is that, really, the person who has the allergy does not have a lot of recourse, unless there is a place they can move to that's maybe not in quite as close proximity. But as far as changing tickets, and then disrupting their plans, too...and I'm not so sure that's totally fair to do.
Would anybody like to comment on the availability of passenger choices?