re: Question about service dogs on planes

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I'd rather sit next to a well-behaved dog than 90% of the people I've sat next to on planes

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Dog probably smells better than some of the people I've been forced to sit next to.

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I doubt she'd have a problem if a dog was on the plane

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Yes, but an airplane is a confined airspace, with re-circulated air--someone with extreme allergies would practically need a haz-mat suit in that kind of environment.

No way a service dog would be placed in cargo hold because of someone's allergies. Sorry but that ain't happening.

Big difference in a service dog and a therapy dog also. Do some research on public access tests for dogs and handlers and laws that govern them.

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Yes, but an airplane is a confined airspace, with re-circulated air--someone with extreme allergies would practically need a haz-mat suit in that kind of environment.

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No they wouldn't.

Back at Thanksgiving there were a couple OT 9.5s on my flight to Houston each with their "service dogs". I had my Chihuahua/Greyhound with me so she gave me a natural reason to spark up a conversation. Definitely made me realize I needed to get mine registered after I had just paid $125 for mine to fly in a kennel under the seat in front of me.

The first question would be are the allergies severe enough to be a disability, if they are not then that person can ask to be seated away from the dog or to take another flight. Dog allergies that severe are rare, and most of those cases require contact with the dander or saliva to trigger them.

In the rare cases where you would have two disabilities to accommodate the airline would have to do its best to accommodate both, which might mean someone takes a different flight, though different ends of the airplane would most likely be enough.

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The first question would be are the allergies severe enough to be a disability, if they are not then that person can ask to be seated away from the dog or to take another flight. Dog allergies that severe are rare, and most of those cases require contact with the dander or saliva to trigger them.

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I have seen this come up twice, the first time the person notified the gate agent and the animal was not allowed to board, the second time the passenger had to give up a 1rst class seat and move because an adjacent passenger stated they had allergies.

The paying passenger seems to have priority over the animal.

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health of a person

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Take a Claritin and suck it up.

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Didn't inform the flight crew about their daughter's peanut allergy

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Should've led with this.

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Say that when you have a kid

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Therapy Dogs still have to be trained and certified by an organization. Service Dogs have never needed to be certified, the things you can get online have no legal standing whatsoever, they do not make a dog a service dog.

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Neither of them have to have any training. However the laws governing service dogs do not apply to therapy dogs in most states. Service dogs have national access to public places, therapy dogs do not.

Therapy dogs are by far the least trained of the two and are a lot of the time just normal pets. They aren't trained to perform any tasks or services for the owner besides companionship. This one is abused far more often than service dogs.

To be a true service dog, that dog has to be able to perform a task or service for its owner that has an ADA disability. Standard examples are seeing eye or seizure alert. Business owners can inquire if the dog is necessary for a disability and what services that dog performs for that disability, but that is pretty much it.