“I don’t know why this is a big deal. I fly all the time!”
Posted on 08/31/2019 9:12:37 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Flying in the mane cabin! Emotional support miniature HORSE is seen sitting on a passenger's lap on flight from Chicago to Omaha - before it's filmed trotting along through the airport
Two separate Twitter users filmed a woman travelling on a the 1hr 30min American Airlines flight with her miniature pony on Thursday
US Department of Transport has published new guidelines allowing passengers to bring the emotional support animals on domestic flights
Airlines could now face fines if they block travelers from bringing the pets onto planes if they are designated as 'service animals'
Traveling with 'emotional support animals' has exploded in popularity in recent years, with ducks and kangaroos accompanying owners on flights
First it was a kangaroo, then an emotional support duck. Now a miniature horse has become the latest unusual animal to accompany a passenger aboard a flight. On Thursday, a Twitter user by the name of Ewan Nowak posted a video to Twitter that showed the adorable tiny horse aboard a packed American Airlines plane. Nowak, who shared the clip with Storyful, says he noticed the animal shortly after boarding the aircraft which was travelling from Chicago to Omaha. The footage shows the pony fast asleep on its owner's lap on the packed plane. 'At this time we would like to begin boarding with any active duty military, families traveling with children under the age of 3, and horses,' Nowak humorously wrote.
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On the plus side, these animals smells mask the odor of stinky passengers.
Hope he sued the owner but it’s th AL’s with deep pockets for allowing the pet in the first place who would have been sued anyway to deny it from boarding.
Can an emotional support ocelot or baby tiger be far behind? They are small.
As a former flight attendant, I would have absolutely REFUSED to work that flight on that plane with that animal onboard.
There is no way to safely evacuate OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE with LIVESTOCK that would outright panic in an emergency, jeopardizing the lives of so many so this girl can have her PET with her.
THE HORSE WOULD BLOCK THE WAY OF PASSENGERS. THE HORSE’S HOOVES WOULD PUNCTURE THE EVACUATION SLIDE.
For someone to be so mental that they need to have a HORSE with them, she shouldn’t be allowed to be in public without a straight jacket.
Having a little trouble with this one. Is the horse emotional support for the pig or the pig emotional support for the horse?
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Has the Supreme Court said they could marry yet?
American Airlines supports stupidity time co call the men with nets.
I worked with a guy years ago who did fly passengers to Mecca and he said they brought every animal they owned with them on the planes. Bet none of them were pigs - EXCEPT - for the humans!
I am talking about the fat lady. Forget her little pony.
Can I bring my horse on the plane?
He’s small... for a Clydesdale...
They should not allow this beast on the plane. The horse should be kept off as well.
There is a whole scam Industry online for this. Horse rides free. Not sure if animal must sit in same seat
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“I don’t know why this is a big deal. I fly all the time!”
Mark
Cue Seinfeld...”Beefarino.”
Angry Birds – service animal rules to tighten as in-flight Penguin battle forces aircraft to divert
January 26, 2018
A Nambian Airlines flight from New York JFK to Nambian capital Windsoeck was forced to make an unscheduled emergency stop on 22-Jan-2018 when two penguins, coincidentally taken on as companions to separate New Yorkers, became engaged in a furious battle in flight.
The penguins, both of which were allowed on board as emotional support animals, were owned by two middle aged travellers, one of whom was a foreigner. The pets were apparently perfectly docile until the meal service, which included a fish dish.
At that stage the two penguins apparently became aware of each other and one flew at the other without warning. Although only around 20 inches tall, the combination of their ferocity and extremely sharp claws quickly injured passengers seated nearby.
The animals could not be controlled, even when flight attendants attempted to place sick bags over their heads, so the captain made a decision to make an emergency landing in Greenland capital Nuuk, the nearest port available.
According to an airline media release, the aircraft, a Chinese built Truck-33, “diverted from its course at 23:55h on 22-Jan-2018, in order to restore order on board and prevent further injury to passengers. It landed safely at 01:45h on 23-Jan-2018. One person was hospitalised with minor injuries.”
The flight continued on to its destination after a two hour delay while injured passengers and penguins were removed from the aircraft. Both penguin owners elected to remain with their emotional support animals, as the airline refused to uplift them again on safety grounds.
(NOTE: This is a stock image for illustrative purposes as the real identity of the two penguins is protected by the ancient glacial snow drift agreement of 1857.)
News reports in the local Nuuk Daily indicated that the two penguins were from opposing poles and that when the Arctic species came into contact with their similar but different Antarctic cousins, the outcome was almost always violent.
A professor of anthology at Harvard University, Ola Bayer, who has spent over 30 years studying the behaviour of the rare arctic penguin, was quoted as saying “The two species have a common origin stretching back thousands of years, but given the huge distance from one end of the world to the other, they have long since stopped swimming between the two homes. Although it is unusual for penguins from the two hemispheres to come into contact, there is sufficient ancient genetic history that they inevitably clash. The coincidence however of two coming into contact on the same flight is remarkable – and in this case obviously a real concern to safety.”
The US Air Carrier Access Act, 1986 requires airlines to permit “emotional service animals” on board flights when their travelling owners claim they need to travel with them – on the basis that to do otherwise would be to discriminate against passengers with disabilities. According to the US Department of Transportation website, “This rule applies to all flights of US airlines, and to flights to or from the United States by foreign airlines”.
The animals do not pay for their travel. Animals travelling on flights with their owners in the US have become commonplace and received widespread media attention back in the 2000s when a state bulletin revealed that a miniature horse had urinated on a First Class seat (long before a famous film actor also brought it to the media’s attention when using an aircraft aisle as a lavatory). Perhaps the most unusual of these flying as emotional support animals have been “Daniel Turducken Stinkerbutt”, an emotional support duck, and “Hamlet the Support Pig”, which ran amok on a domestic flight.
Delta Air Lines has now outlined plans to tighten controls on service or emotional support animals and their owners and unless all paperwork is in order will not permit any animals to fly under this consideration from 01-Mar-2018, whether cat, dog, monkey, kangaroo or even penguin. It is suggested that Delta carries more than 700 animals every day.
Have you ever seen a horse fly?
Regards,
Exactly.
I’d rather have a mini horse on board than a pit bull. A pit bull attacked some passengers and it was ruled that they cant discriminate against breeds.
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