Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
I avoided JetBlue today
I don’t have a problem with JetBlue leaving its passengers on the tarmac for hours on end. Frankly, screw-ups like that happen in all facets of life from time to time, and I can forgive them. What I do have a problem with, however, is JetBlue’s seat covering.
You see, I think animals have the right to not be raised and killed for their hides. I took back my leather jacket a few years ago. I don’t buy leather belts anymore. And I prefer not to fly airlines that use lots of leather for their seats.
You’ve probably seen JetBlue’s commercials touting their leather seats. A quick google search turns up their leather seat giddyness on their Web site, in press releases, annual reports — all over the place. Well I’m not so giddy. So, given the choice between Frontier and JetBlue, I bought a Frontier ticket today.
(By the way, if you are an animal lover, check out this global campaign for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare — it’s called “Animals Matter to Me” and they’re getting close to 500,000 signatures.)
on Friday, August 1st, 2008 at 9:02 pm:
I understand your feelings about the leather seats and I too LOVE animals. I am against using animal parts for anything unecessary! Just a thought on JetBlue’s seats - Cow hides are used from slaughterd cows that are used for food - if you are a vegetarian that is no samll comfort - however, since these cows have been slaughtered, is it not best to use the hides for something rather than let them rot away? Should we not use the hides so at least there is no waste of these precious animals? We have no control over the slaughter of these animals because man will never give up eating meat - so that the animals did not die in vain (other then for the meat) why should we not use ALL PARTS so ther eis no waste of this animals life? You are aware there are many other products we as consumers use that are made from animal by-products? As much as I would prefer not using these animal products the alternative maybe polluting or planet with oil products that do not degrade - that also opens up the damage that petroleum products cause to our envirnement. No matter how you look at it - somehow, somewhere there are negative impacts no matter what we use or how we use it - it is the lesser of two evils. Use animal by products and kill thousands of animals or use other products and potentially kill millions of animals from poisoning them.
Good luck in finding the best solution!