Originally Posted by
bludevil
On a flight last week, a woman took her dog out of the carrier and put it on her lap. I asked a flight attendant about this because I though it wasn't allowed. He told me they are not allowed to ask people to put their pets away because they may be emotional support animals. He said a memo came out about this a few months ago that FAs are not allowed to question people about their pets.
I wonder if he made that up to avoid dealing with the situation.
Originally Posted by
bludevil
I agree with the post that said many animal lovers don't understand that there are some of us out there who just don't like them all that much or want to smell them.
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Originally Posted by
quinnpm
This doesn't make sense to me. Emotional support animals are supposed to be backed with some medical paperwork (I think it's basically a prescription to carry a dog, etc.). So why should there be a problem with a FA verifying whether a lap dog is allowed (if it's for support) or not (regular pet travel)? Silly.
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Originally Posted by
kitkat77
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Geez, what is this world coming to? The sense of entitlement and "screw the rules and everyone else around me" that people seem to think they can get away with on a daily basis, disgusts me.
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DL needs to charge the rabbit woman all the extra fees.