Doggy style ;/ [Support Animal in Cabin]

[PLANT]

Hi all flew Virgin America... This woman in unhandy capped walked on plan with a dog!
Spoke to captain and new "comfort" policy??????
I sat next to the mutt but made it known I was unhappy... they did put it in a bag.

This common or a Paris Hilton legacy?

 

[robd]

Flew on Southwest Airlines last year. They allow it too.

Pets

 

[Hvr]

Apparently it's fairly common in the USA. All the pax has to do is say it is a comfort/support animal and the airline can't refuse it. A dog isn't the worst animal I've heard of, the odd monkey has been known to fly as well.

 

[MarkD]

I will leave this thread now, saw the title and got excited

 

[Hvr]

I will leave this thread now, saw the title and got excited

And your photo even shows you positioned appropriately to contribute. (Or is that receive?)

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hi all flew Virgin America... This woman in unhandy capped walked on plan with a dog!
Spoke to captain and new "comfort" policy??????
I sat next to the mutt but made it known I was unhappy... they did put it in a bag.

This common or a Paris Hilton legacy?

you knew this before you flew

Virgin America allows the carriage of pets on board, and also complies with Federal requirements regarding the carriage of service animals in the cabin. This includes emotional support dogs.

What was there to be unhappy about?

 

[DrA]

Curious...

What is the precedent if someone tries to bring a pet on board and the person seated next to them (or within close proximity) is allergic?

I understand people who have guide dogs as seeing eye dogs or hearing dogs, and appreciate that they are covered under some existing disability act somewhere. I have seen it happen, and the passenger who was allergic was basically told they could either fly on that flight and remain in their assigned seat (flight was full), or would be reaccommodated on the next flight, as the passenger with the guide dog was covered under some policy.

But an emotional support pet? Would that also take priority if a passenger was allergic?

 

[Hvr]

Curious...

What is the precedent if someone tries to bring a pet on board and the person seated next to them (or within close proximity) is allergic?

I understand people who have guide dogs as seeing eye dogs or hearing dogs, and appreciate that they are covered under some existing disability act somewhere. I have seen it happen, and the passenger who was allergic was basically told they could either fly on that flight and remain in their assigned seat (flight was full), or would be reaccommodated on the next flight, as the passenger with the guide dog was covered under some policy.

But an emotional support pet? Would that also take priority if a passenger was allergic?

There's a fair bit of discussion about this on FlyerTalk and basically an allergy is not a disability whereas requiring a support animal means you do have a disability.

Guess who's not flying if push comes to shove?

Hint, the person with the support animal will be flying.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

There's a fair bit of discussion about this on FlyerTalk and basically an allergy is not a disability whereas requiring a support animal means you do have a disability.

Guess who's not flying if push comes to shove?

Hint, the person with the support animal will be flying.

It's interesting because peanut allergies can be subject to regulation. At least the Canadian Transport Authority has some strict guidelines around banning peanuts when someone has declared their allergy.

I wonder how it goes for animals.

 

[DrA]

There's a fair bit of discussion about this on FlyerTalk and basically an allergy is not a disability whereas requiring a support animal means you do have a disability.

Guess who's not flying if push comes to shove?

Hint, the person with the support animal will be flying.

Well sure, and that's what I implied in my post. My question was more along the lines of: do they differentiate between someone who may be blind or hearing impared having a support dog, and someone travelling with an "emotional support pet"?

Seemingly not?

 

[Hvr]

Well sure, and that's what I implied in my post. My question was more along the lines of: do they differentiate between someone who may be blind or hearing impared having a support dog, and someone travelling with an "emotional support pet"?

Seemingly not?

No they don't.

 

[Daver6]

I'd much rather sit next to a dog than a person on a flight.

 

[DrA]

I'd much rather sit next to a dog than a person on a flight.

Me too! I'm most definitely a dog person

My question was out of simple curiosity.

 

[DC3]

Pets in the cabin is not new. It's very common in the USA.

 

[serfty]

There's a classic FT thread on this: http://www.australianfrequentflyer....-discussion/service-dogs-on-planes-52107.html

Originally Posted by SiestaMan
... I asked the woman what "service" the dog provided. (God knows UA or TSA could never ask this question - their attorneys would wet their pants) To my surprise, she immediately said "none". She proceeded to tell me that United charges $500, round trip, to ship a full sized dog in the luggage hold - something I'm well aware of because I regularly pay that fee to transport my German Sheppard. She said it was easy to find a doctor willing to give her a prescription for a service dog - for no legitimate reason. (Ah yes, the death of ethics, but I digress) Not only was this her way of avoiding the $500 fee, she said flying in the cargo hold was stressful for FiFi. This dog was clearly too large to occupy only the foot area of just one passenger, and sure enough, someone WAS assigned to the middle seat between our two fakers. ...

I sure I'm not alone in having many emotions about this. First is contempt for this couple for abusing a legitimate privilege afforded to people with real needs for service animals. Abuse like this will unfortunately push back on them, and that's not fair. Should we blame policy makers for mandating accommodations that are at times unrealistic? And what's next? If I get a prescription for medical marijuan_ and a stipulation that I might need it at any time, can I pull out a bong and get high on my next flight? Or have the airlines brought this on by jacking up pet transport fees? Unleash the hounds of opinion!

 

[cross]

Pets in the cabin is not new. It's very common in the USA.

Yes, I flew on a Delta International flight from Tokyo to San Francisco earlier this year and there was actually a few people on the flight travelling with their pet dog in the cabin.

I am pretty sure they need to keep it in a kennel that fits under the seat in front. I do like dogs, but I wouldn't want one outside its kennel, especially when eating.

 

[TomVexille]

This falls under the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) where any animal can be an "Emotional Support Animal". Reminds me of the time someone took their pig on US and it bit another passenger.

 

[drewbles]

I will leave this thread now, saw the title and got excited

Especially with your avatar :shock:

 

[RooFlyer]

I've only ever seen a dog on board in the USA, where its small and in a small container / holder-thing. And it went into the overhead locker :shock:

 

[Chimpy]

I took this photo on a TG flight between BKK and HKT, we were in the nose of a 747.