Emotional support animals may no longer be allowed on flights—here's why: by lisettevoytko
The DOT’s proposed rule would continue to allow trained service animals on flights, but it seeks to define a service animal “as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks” for a person with a disability, and would not consider an emotional support animal as a service animal.
The proposal would also allow airlines to create their own requirements for service animals, which could include having passengers with animals check in early for flights, enforcing a two-animal limit per person with each animal harnessed or leashed, as well as making sure the animals fit in its owner’s foot space.
Travelers with physical or psychological disabilities who want to bring their dogs into the passenger cabin of a plane would be required under the policy to“Flight Attendants have been hurt and safety has been compromised by untrained animals loose in the cabin,” said the Association of Flight Attendants
supporting the DOT’s proposal, adding:"The days of Noah’s Ark in the air are hopefully coming to an end.”, airlines like Delta and Alaska Airlines have already created stricter policies for support animals—and under the new DOT rules, airlines would still be able to decide whether animals could fly with travelers for emotional support, but would not be allowed to discriminate against certain dog breeds.
Public comments are open for the proposal over the next 60 days, after which the DOT will analyze them and issue a final policy .751,000. That’s how many emotional support animals flew on commercial planes in 2017, according to theEmotional support animals have proliferated on airlines in recent years.
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