"David Cartwright" writes:

It doesn't seem like a very effective remark either. Why would the
controller necessarily know "dog aboard" meant the pilot couldn't accept a
descent greater than 1000 fpm?

What breed of dog was it? Cos everybody knows that anything smaller than a
labrador has a restricted descent capability because their front legs are
too short to push the column very far forward ...

The legendary Ed Gauss had a few words on dogs:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.aviation/msg/b38c55002a8fa3b6?dmode=source

I alas can't find his post about the dog that panicked when Ed
throttled back; and jumped into the owner's lap --- keeping Ed from
pulling up when he most needed to....

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