DOT proposes new rules for emotional support animals aboard planes

ABC ^ | 01 22 2020 | Matthew Vann

[KarlInOhio]

I got my emotional support baby elephant on board, but they took away his peanuts. Next time he flies he's demanding to bring his own support animal for the peanut free flight.

[Freee-dame]

How about if the animal is not a certified trained seeing eye dog, it doesn't get on the plane. If there are other types of physical disabilities that can be helped by a service animal, that animal also must have proof of training for that assistance.

Lucky for me, I have not yet had to sit next to an "emotional support animal"

[tired&retired]

I had a German Shepherd that would eat dead roadkill on the farm, especially groundhogs that he would leave at my front door.

When he would pass gas it would clear several rooms. Imagine him in an airplane!

[Honest Nigerian]

From the article:
There is a 60-day public comment period before the agency can move forward on next steps and implementation.
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so don’t uncork that victory bottle just yet.

[Soros Billions]

My emotional support animal is a Donkey.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“ You would think in a civilized society that people would not have to be told this.

These people don’t even know what bathroom to use!

[GreyFriar]

When will they let us good folks take our emotional support guns on board?

[BobL]

If you need an ‘emotional support animal’, then perhaps you shouldn’t be flying in the first place. Instead, give the money to whoever you were going to visit to have them come over instead.

...and, if you’re instead taking a vacation to ‘get away from it all’, then you don’t need that animal with you.

That simple.

[cnsmom]

Humans seem to enjoy that on planes as well. My last flight was filled with farters.

[blu]

[God forgive me]

Not often that the girl outweighs the horse. Who had to pay extra?

[Socon-Econ]

Why should the rest of us cater to their goofy emotions?

[Chickensoup]

Valium.

5 mg

1/2 in the airport

1/2 when boarding

and read a book

[Calvin Locke]

Not that there are any around here, but is Popeyes still selling Emotional Support Chickens?

That might be something I could sink my teeth into.

[txnativegop]

I will be lobbying for the adoption of emotional support pecan pies. LOL

[growingpains]

Agreed. If you are too emotional to fly, take a valium, or don’t fly. People who are allergic to animals can go into a full blown asthma attack or worse. Human health comes first. I a woman who was allergic to dogs who, when she saw a dog on plane near her when boarding, SHE had to get off plane and take a later flight.Another perfectly fine young woman bragged about how she got her doctor to give her a pass to bring her large dog on board. The world has gone insane!