Airlines say new 'emotional support pet' rules make flying safer, healthier

UPI ^ | January 30, 2020 | By Don Jacobson

[Pearls Before Swine]

What about my emotional support bat?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Bats... GMTA.

[CGASMIA68]

Weirdo Dirt bag POS

[ml/nj]

Airlines are among the chief supporters of the proposed rule changes

The OVERWELMING majority of airline customers too, I'm sure; myself included.

ML/NJ

[from occupied ga]

I flew Southwest to FT Myers a couple of weeks ago. One older couple (probably not as old as me) had not one, but TWO (small)dogs with them - naturally not in carriers, although they had a carrier they let them out on a leash (on the plane).

Got to ft myers and was waiting for checked bag. Same a$$holes let the dogs run around again. One immediately took a big dump on the floor right by the luggage carousel; the other was on one of those extendable leashes. Naturally the jerk let it extend to the full length and the animal came sniffing over to my suitcase while she smirked it me. I told her to get her dog away from my suitcase. She immediately gave me a dirty look like I'd suggested something unnatural, but she pulled the dog back.

I feel sorry for the janitors having to clean up the shit from the floor. I personally would have liked to rub their noses (not the dogs' noses, the owners' noses)in the dog crap, but typical dog owners who think nothing of inflicting the odious pets on everyone else.

[SkyDancer]

If you need an emotional support animal to go anywhere best if you just stay at home.

[cnsmom]

My emotional support bartender couldn’t get his liquids through TSA.

[SkyDancer]

Just taking you non-support cat in a carrier and placed under the seat in front of you is $180 on some flights.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

[SkyDancer]

Umm - nope. That’s four seats right there!

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

Hahaha! Do emotional support people get to fly for free?!?!

[Tax-chick]

I don’t think they actually let the peacock on the plane, but there are photographs of him at the airport.

[from occupied ga]

I personally would like to see pets banned. Since ACTUAL service animals - like a real trained seeing eye dog - are not really pets as such. Those should be allowed. This emotional support excrement is beyond ridiculous. If you are so neurotic/psychotic as to need your pet to travel suck it up buttercup or STAY HOME. You don’t have any business going out among normal people anyway.

[cnsmom]

Nope

[Tax-chick]

You win!

[TADSLOS]

😂😂😂

[bigbob]

They’re not going to get any argument from the 99% of normal Americans.

[TADSLOS]

[VanDeKoik]

We can all just take turns claiming the poor thing down.

[sima_yi]

such a major change is "discriminatory,"...

You bet it is! This change means that I will no longer be able to travel with Rupert, my emotional support honey badger.

I don't understand this change at all. Rupert is very cute, although I will admit that he is a bit ill tempered, and takes $h!t from nobody (not even TSA).