My Pilot Husband Chose a Dog Over Our Daughter

A pilot husband discards his daughter's ventilator to save a dog while his wife, a safety expert, watches.

Caroline Hoover flies aboard Aureline Airways with pilot husband Wilson and their daughter Abby, who needs a ventilator. She wakes from a nightmare to find Wilson throwing Abby's machine aside to save flight attendant Olivia Johnson's dog. Wilson declares Abby healthy and rallies passengers against Caroline. Unseen by them, Caroline is a leading aviation safety expert sent to test Aureline Airways. Abby stops breathing in Caroline's arms as Caroline hits the emergency button.

• thriller
• drama
• suspense

1. Wilson Hoover is a pilot and Caroline's husband
2. Abby depends on a ventilator to breathe
3. Wilson discards Abby's ventilator to save Olivia Johnson's dog

This story fits audiences drawn to intense family conflict aboard a commercial flight.