".....well there goes another excuse I used to use"
Posted on 07/07/2012 11:19:33 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Feds: Airlines Must Let Passengers Fly With Pigs for 'Emotional Support' By Elizabeth Harrington
(CNSNews.com) – Pot-bellied pigs must be granted passage on airplanes if they are used for “emotional support” by their owners, states the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) draft manual on equity for the disabled in air travel.
The DOT published its “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Draft Technical Assistance Manual” in the Federal Register on July 5, providing guidance that allows swine on airplanes if they are determined to be service animals.
The manual is designed to "help carriers and indirect carriers and their employees/contractors that provide services or facilities to passengers with disabilities, assist those passengers in accordance with" the Air Carrier Access Act. The manual open for public comments until Oct. 3.
Under the “Service Animal” section, the department lays out a scenario for airline carriers entitled “Example 1.”
The manual states: “A passenger arrives at the gate accompanied by a pot-bellied pig. She claims that the pot-bellied pig is her service animal. What should you do?”
“Generally, you must permit a passenger with a disability to be accompanied by a service animal,” reads the manual. “However, if you have a reasonable basis for questioning whether the animal is a service animal, you may ask for some verification.”
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“What if I said I have an anxiety disorder and need to carry a Sig Sauer 9mm for emotional support? After all, it’s a beautiful gun, I spent a lot of money on it, and holding it makes me happy!”
EVEN THEN, I could not tell you, “Madam, you are not fit to fly with pigs.”
I agree. You don't want an escaped inmate to hurt Piper.
Buy two and bring me one. I'll pay you back! Bill and Tom have taken the shotgun class at camp.
Better notify Salamander that no snakes for emotional support will be allowed. I’m sure that she’d have a few choice words about that.
They’re already past that.
That's okay, I'd rather drive.
I should have known I would find y’all on this thread!!!
".....well there goes another excuse I used to use"
“After some of the un-showered, obese slobs I’ve had seated next to me (and spilling into my seat), a pot-bellied pig next to me on a plane would be a welcome change.”
Hey, no kidding! For some peculiar reason almost ANYTIME I fly I get saddled with a 400 pound, fetid-breathed pile of body odor in the seat next to me. It’s a conspiracy, I tell you!
Anoreth and I don’t like to miss out on any kind of absurdity. When you consider the family life we have shared, there’s a clear indication of our state of mind ... although, of course, correlation is not causation ...
New marketing slogan—Airlines now Muslim Free!
I need to board with a 1,000 pound sow...it gives me emotional comfort. Especially anticipating a TSA goon checking and fondling one.
How does this square with the First Couple taking two planes on vacation?
“They said you weren’t fit to fly with pigs....but I defended you.....I said you were”
That was awfully nice of you. I grew up on a farm, after all.
I have nothing against pigs personally.
I find them and other livestock quite tasty:)
See how easy it is to work for the DOT with the help of the “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Draft Technical Assistance Manual”?
In some circles, this is known as, "the pig"...
I was unaware pot-bellied pigs can be service animals...
I guess I learn something new and bizarre every day in Hope and Change America...
LOL! In your case - I do believe it is!!!
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