Originally Posted by
monkeshine
Even service pets are seemingly unnecessary given the number of wheelchairs I see in use these days (I saw nearly a dozen on a recent flight).
You might reconsider if you were blind and needed a service animal to get around. Being forced into a wheelchair while putting your service animal through a ton of stress in a carrier in the hold would damage your self esteem and induce a lot of worry about the service animal.
Most of the people being wheeled on/off AC these days need the wheelchairs. And yes, I have seen the wheelchairs lines up three deep for a flight from Florida to DTW.