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WineCountryUA
]UA only requires a " licensed medical or mental health professional " -- a much boarder spectrum --...
And this is where all the trouble originates from. Pair this lax requirement with the non-incentive to enforce it and you have - well - United Airlines.
UA is the on carrier where I have seen doggies zooming around and once a bird taking flight (which I enjoyed a lot, I have to admit). And it also is the only carrier where I have seen dogs roaming on non-US flights. One particularly funny example was a sausage doggie who tried to fight the deceleration forces running back the aisle upon touching down in GIG.
Because of the way the laws and regulations are written, airlines have very little leeway in their individual policies. Can United's policy regarding ESANs differ from any other major US carrier in any material way? I don't think so.
It is really only the enforcement of rules that will vary from one carrier to another...
So what do "these laws" prescribe? And how limited in scope are they that we never see a pet roaming an Asian carrier flying to and from the US?