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No more "emotional support animals" on planes

Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:00 am
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
52347 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:00 am
That's right. No more pigs and peacocks. DOT issued a new rule limiting them to certified service dogs and dogs only.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that it is revising its Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) regulation on the transportation of service animals by air to ensure a safe and accessible air transportation system. The final rule on Traveling by Air with Service Animals can be found HERE.

The Department received more than 15,000 comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking...

The final rule:

Defines a service animal as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability;
No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal;...

Allows airlines to require forms developed by DOT attesting to a service animal’s health, behavior and training, and if taking a long flight attesting that the service animal can either not relieve itself, or can relieve itself in a sanitary manner;

Allows airlines to require individuals traveling with a service animal to provide the DOT service animal form(s) up to 48 hours in advance of the date of travel if the passenger’s reservation was made prior to that time;...
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
17479 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:00 am to
good
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32244 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:01 am to
I can’t believe a government entity did something that makes sense.
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
22792 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:01 am to
Holy shite, Biden's administration finally did something right.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
12856 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:01 am to
Thank the frick Christ
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
39065 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:01 am to
Take that Limu Emu.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
58263 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:02 am to
But I just got my emotional support wallaby.
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
21062 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:02 am to
This is a bullshite move.

My emotional support wolverine loved flying in planes and travelling so much!

He will be devastated.
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
11409 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:03 am to
some wackadoo is already preparing a lawsuit as we speak
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
39065 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:05 am to
My emotional support coyote hung himself over this news.

Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
85495 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:07 am to
The emotional support peacock story was an all timer
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
126374 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:07 am to
My emotional support human isn’t going to like having to pay for a ticket now
Posted by LSUFAITHFUL
Member since Oct 2007
1089 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:09 am to
This is the right move for sure. People can still travel with dogs or cats that are in a kennel that fits under the seat in front of you. It’s $150 charge each way.

People would go get a letter from their doctor saying their dog was emotional support which prohibited the airlines from charging them and prohibited the kennel mandate. It’s rude to sit there with a dog on your lap on a plane. And I’m a dog lover. But many people are not.
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
25764 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:09 am to
What am I going to do with my crocodile?
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
14401 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:14 am to
My emotional support roadrunner will be very disappointed
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
55257 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:19 am to
Won’t affect me. I’ll still be able to take my emotional support rectum gerbil on.
Posted by LSUgirl4
Member since Sep 2009
39501 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:19 am to
nm. i’m probably on some watch list now.
This post was edited on 2/26/21 at 9:27 am
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
16569 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:21 am to
A small piece of common sense left in this world.
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
17103 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:36 am to
It’s amazing how people try to bullshite their way through life. I once had a girl who tried to rent from me with an esa. I asked what kind of animal and she said pit bull.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
60036 posts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:37 am to
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Defines a service animal as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability;

So no more of those fat women with a Pomeranian on flights who claim it soothes their anxiety?

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