“We are responsible for those, whom we are treated”-so Exupery told us, and for many people these words aren’t empty phrases at all. Mixail Galin, the owner of the cat named Viktor, told a story about his journey with a pet on a Facebook page, which could have never happened or ended tragically.
So, the man with his cat flew along the route Riga-Moscow-Vladivostok. The flight from Riga to Moscow passed without incident, although the unfortunate animal endured it rather hard and absolutely didn’t understand what was happening. And so the owner with the pet ended up in the capital of our homeland and went to check in for the Moscow-Vladivostok flight. This is where the problems began.
Mixail Galin and his cat Viktor
Mixail and Victor got to a very responsible employee of the airport, who measured all the luggage, weighed the begs several times and got to the cat, which also had to get on the scales. The scale showed a disappointing result. According to Mixail, “the animal has eaten 10 kg, which is inadmissible for transportation in the cabin”.
The cat Viktor weighed 10 kg, they didn’t want to let him into the salon and put him in the luggage
Mixail didn’t want to put up with this state of affairs, he tried to explain, that the cat couldn’t stand 8 hours in the luggage (he didn’t tolerate pressure drops during takeoff and landing in the last flight, the man had to cover his ears and wipe his drools). But the employee refused to take responsibility for the extra two kilograms of the cat and in the salon and was adamant.
Mixail wasn’t going to part with the cat
But as Leonid Romanov said, “Bro should be there, bro is not luggage”. Having sent the entire delegation of the air carrier to a predetermined direction, handed them his boarding ticket and left the flight with all the luggage and a cat.
Mixail turned out to be not so simple and decided, that he would fly with his cat. He found the only flight, that could be taken for bonus points, that was in business class a day later. He also started looking for a cat similar to Victor.
Mixail started looking for a cat, who could be weighed instead of Victor
He could be able to find an understudy for Victor with the help of friends. It was a cat named Fiby. She was weighed, everything was normal and they wished Mixail a good flight. And then the animals were changed again, and on the plane, along with Mixail, was already his own cat Victor.
The operation went normal
Sitting in the passenger seat, where all the wanderings were left behind, I wanted to call the steward and sincerely say: “Boy, bring us some vodka, we are flying home”. We got there without incident).
No one could separate Mixail and Victor
The man’s post went viral: more than 10 thousand likes, about 1.7 thousand shares and about 1.4 thousand comments. The opinion of the commentators was divided: some consider the author a hero, while others believe, that the rules are for that they cannot be broken even for the sake of a beloved cat.
The cat-traveller
The main thing is: the cat is safe, alive and they got there well. Victor, we are glad for you!
