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Alaska Airlines To Ban Emotional Support Animals From January 11, But There’s A Loophole
Alaska Airlines made the first move, announcing its intentions to ban emotional support animals in line with a recent decision made by the the U.S. Department of Transportation. (www.gatechecked.com) 기타...
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The ONLY way this could work is to require a certification from a dis-interested third party. I work at a national park where dogs are not allowed on hiking trails. The NPS allows "service" dogs as defined by the ADA, but not "emotional support" dogs. So park rangers are always encountering people with dogs who want to take them on the trails. According to the ADA, we can only ask the owner if the animal is a "service" animal and if it is "trained to perform a service due to disability." We cannot ask what the disability is, nor can we ask for the owner to demonstrate the skill. Lies to both of those questions, gets a dog onto the trails and we get complaints from others who were honest and denied. The ADA also allows owners to train their own dogs. That's not a loophole, it's an open door.
Depending on how you define "emotional support" ALL dogs are emotional support animals. This rule is used and abused. We've seen dogs stampede elk herds endangering bystanders. And all hostile moose encounters recorded have involved dogs with the owners. While the owner may love their dog and consider it "family" others do not share that love in public settings.
Depending on how you define "emotional support" ALL dogs are emotional support animals. This rule is used and abused. We've seen dogs stampede elk herds endangering bystanders. And all hostile moose encounters recorded have involved dogs with the owners. While the owner may love their dog and consider it "family" others do not share that love in public settings.
Sadly, there are way too many people who like to game the system. As long as people are willing to do such, those in dire need of such will be looked upon as one of those.
For the record, the airlines are bound by the Air Carrier Access Act, which supersedes the ADA. That law does have a provision for Emotional Support Animals.
The ADA applies at the airport, while the ACAA applies when the animal is on the plane.
The ADA applies at the airport, while the ACAA applies when the animal is on the plane.
For the record, please be considerate of other passengers. If your emotional support doggie is a pain in the rear end to everyone but you, please use non public transportation.
The rest of us should not have to suffer because fluffy the bichon frise is an obnoxious yapper
The rest of us should not have to suffer because fluffy the bichon frise is an obnoxious yapper
My wife is blind, and has a guide dog. If you'd like us to be considerate of others, how about being considerate of her and loaning her your eyes; for if you are willing to take hers away (which a guide dog is NOT an emotional support animal), then it would only be fitting that she has yours so she can see.
I would suggest that any such animal in a cabin presents a risk to safety. I have no reason to be confident that a dog even one such as your wife's has been trained on a regular basis if at all on situations where panic among people and then possibly to the animal would not impede the successful evac of the acrft. I mean this with all due respect, your wife like anyone else is at risk on an acrft in an emergency. For this reason I would never allow a guide dog or any animal in the cabin. To be more to the point, she would be on her own, and probably not getting much help if any from others. Throw the animal into the mix and things could become much worse for all. Your comment is allowing for only one point of view, that there will never be a problem. Flight Attendants do not have the means to help those who are in need in such a situation. If she cannot get a human to be her guide, she should not fly. And I say this with all due care, think of her in such a crises not being able to see for herself. I have had to try and seat people who had zero mobility and I have always thought, no way they are getting off. Not every airplane is a 747. And you most of all should remember that she will probably never get off either.
You would be completely and totally wrong.
https://www.guidedogs.com
As seen on the show "Pick of the Litter", this is the exact place where we received our guide dog. Additionally, it is the same place where another famous guide dog came from: Roselle, who was the guide for Michael Hingson, who with the help of his dog, guided over 200 people to safety during a major incident. That incident was 9/11, where he was at work at Qualcomm Computers, on Floor 78, Tower 1, World Trade Center.
https://www.thunderdog.com
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/guide-dog-helped-blind-partner-escape-wtc/
You have absolutely no idea.. completely and totally no clue as to what a guide dog can and can not do, especially when it comes to helping someone who is totally or legally blind.
If you can not handle being around the presence of a service animal, especially on an aircraft, I suggest that YOU do not fly.
https://www.guidedogs.com
As seen on the show "Pick of the Litter", this is the exact place where we received our guide dog. Additionally, it is the same place where another famous guide dog came from: Roselle, who was the guide for Michael Hingson, who with the help of his dog, guided over 200 people to safety during a major incident. That incident was 9/11, where he was at work at Qualcomm Computers, on Floor 78, Tower 1, World Trade Center.
https://www.thunderdog.com
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/guide-dog-helped-blind-partner-escape-wtc/
You have absolutely no idea.. completely and totally no clue as to what a guide dog can and can not do, especially when it comes to helping someone who is totally or legally blind.
If you can not handle being around the presence of a service animal, especially on an aircraft, I suggest that YOU do not fly.
why does an adult have to be told this?
Our society now populated by whiny self entitled narcissists, will go to Great lengths to not only take advantage of a situation by claiming some sort of victim status, these people deem themselves entitled to "more equal" status.