Do aircraft carrying live animals have "cabin crew"
You may have heard the story about the plane which had to turn around due to a horse in the cargo bay ATC Exchange (Skip to the comment section they are pretty fun)
My question is how did the pilots knew a horse have escaped ? Is there a Steward going through the stalls and asking hay or hoat ? or do they have another way to know ?
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Cargo 747 pilot here! I've flown horses a few times and yes, we have extra crew on board to take care of the horses. The handlers ride in some extra seats we have on the upper deck and check in on the animals every couple hours to make sure they have food and water. I've been told that most of the time the horses are fairly well trained and are calm during the flights but every once in a while they get unhappy and bite the handlers. I haven't had any incidents on my flights that I've carried them though.