Re:US ends era of emotional support animals on planes
by liuhenry on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:00PM
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I'm sympathetic to this point, but won't it continue to be a problem as long as airlines still allow pets?
The DOT ruling cites an industry statistic that 784k pets and 751k ESAs were transported in 2017 [1]. I can certainly believe that it's grown more lopsided since then, but it still seems that a significant number of flights would have animals on them after this rule takes effect.
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2020-12/S...
Have you ever been on a flight where someone with peanut allergies is on the plane? The flight attendants announce that someone on the plane is allergic, so peanuts will not be served on the plane as a matter of safety.
The same courtesy should exist for people with allergies to pets. Many of them have to spend the whole flight concerned that they might have a reaction because they are forced to share the same re-circulated air as a pet that is potentially dangerous to them.