Airport employee’s care for a dog wins hearts across the world

Following a viral video of an employee taking extra special care of a little dog, the CEO of Virgin Australia has rewarded one of the airline’s baggage handlers with a very generous gift.

The video shows the baggage handler name Chad based in Perth, comforting a dog as it sat in its crate, ready to be loaded into the cargo hold.

Once he finished talking to the little dog, the handler is seeing holding the crate as it moved up the conveyor belt to the plane, ensuring it made safely into the flight.

The video soon went viral, racking up 3.2 million views and more than 443,000 likes.

Eventually, it made its way to the top dogs at Virgin Australia, who decided Chad deserved something special for his ‘wonderful’ work after Felgate managed to track him down.

The airline said on Instagram: “@jacquifelgate7 knows how to take good news to the masses, and that’s exactly what she did when she shared a video from a wonderful guest featuring a team member comforting a travelling pup last weekend. Introducing Chad, from our Perth Pit Crew team, turned dog whisperer. Want to know more about this animal lover with a heart of gold? We’ve got just the thing coming.”

A new video then showed CEO Jayne Hrdlicka meeting Chad to personally thank him – also giving him a not-too-shabby gift of two round-trip Business Class tickets.

Virgin Australia captioned the post: “Ladies, form an orderly queue. Our Perth dog whisperer, Chad has just scored himself Business Class tickets from our CEO to acknowledge his wonderful work.”

Source: Agencies