[Don Corleone]

But not all are happy with United's policy that bans nine dog breeds on planes it considers “dangerous”.

Who proof reads this drivel? Is it the dogs or the planes that are considered dangerous? No wonder the news media is held in such high esteem./sarc

[C210N]

on planes it considers “dangerous”.

The media is saying the airline wants to be careful about things. Wouldn't want to get bitten by one of them...

[LibertarianLiz]

Is it the dogs or the planes that are considered dangerous?

I don't know what the deal is with the back half of this list; but, I remember reading an article about the number of dogs that die during transport and most of the breeds were those with the pushed in nose type of skull. The thinking seemed to be that they had breathing problems once they hit altitude.

There may also be a problem with biting, perhaps some of the people handling the crates had been biten by these dogs. Don't know; but, some dogs are more predisposed to dying in flight than others and it does seem to have a connection with the construction of their snouts which affect their breathing.