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 ?
Yes, so in general horses that fly are very expensive horses, like half a million or more. They tend to have their own personal grooms who often are tasked with flying with them. If not then there are flight grooms who work exclusively on horse transport flights. I haven’t read into the details of this incident but I suspect that there was more going on. There is no reason why they couldn’t just catch and return the horse to the stall. Seeing they asked for a vet I would say the horse was injured in a way that made it an emergency.
Fun fact the grooms will feed the horses carrots on takeoff and landing to help get their ears to pop.
I should think so!
How much are flight grooms paid and are they hiring