Emotional Support Animals, Service Dogs and Comfort Pets: The Definitive Thread
Dec 27, 2015, 11:15 am
#106
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Certainly not just Delta and not even just airlines. We cruise several times a year and have seen more and more emotional support pets. I will never forget the first time I saw a woman being wheeled around a ship with a tiny little terrier on her lap, that obviously had no training as any kind of service animal. Her family was very proud that they had beaten the system by getting some baloney certification for the dog.
The cruise lines allow it for the same reason the airlines do. They don't want a PR mess over one dog, and try know that the public won't see the difference between this and a true service animal. It will have to get completely out of hand before it gets better.
The cruise lines allow it for the same reason the airlines do. They don't want a PR mess over one dog, and try know that the public won't see the difference between this and a true service animal. It will have to get completely out of hand before it gets better.
Dec 27, 2015, 11:29 am
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How can a dog be allowed in an exit row? In fact, a person traveling with someone else with a pet or service animal shouldn't be in the exit row just as someone traveling with children cannot occupy an exit row seat even if the kids are seated elsewhere. In an emergency, the person's first priority would be to save the animal and the animal would prevent others from using the exit quickly.
Dec 27, 2015, 11:33 am
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Someone who is blind isn't allowed to be seated in an exit row. They can't read the emergency card or the instructions on how to open the emergency exit.
Dec 27, 2015, 11:52 am
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Don't you want DL to make money by charging animals the SC guest fees? I'm trying to increase the value of your stock holdings and you're complaining? Do you travel with an entire menagerie that you proceed to bring into the lounge and feed all the "free" food?
Jan 10, 2016, 8:32 pm
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Wow, that's quite a "therapy pet" in Delta comfort.
http://i.imgur.com/7hMsbW1.jpg
I hope all the seatmates all got along together. Must have been a helluva flight!
credit to reddit user "biggestlittlepickle" for this one...
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I hope all the seatmates all got along together. Must have been a helluva flight!
credit to reddit user "biggestlittlepickle" for this one...
http://i.imgur.com/7hMsbW1.jpghttps:...e_just_posted/
Jan 10, 2016, 8:37 pm
#112
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Thanksgiving dinner???
Jan 10, 2016, 8:49 pm
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http://i.imgur.com/7hMsbW1.jpg
I hope all the seatmates all got along together. Must have been a helluva flight!
credit to reddit user "biggestlittlepickle" for this one...
http://i.imgur.com/7hMsbW1.jpghttps:...e_just_posted/
I hope all the seatmates all got along together. Must have been a helluva flight!
credit to reddit user "biggestlittlepickle" for this one...
http://i.imgur.com/7hMsbW1.jpghttps:...e_just_posted/
Jan 11, 2016, 9:30 am
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And the disability-act ADA or whatever is literally the most abused thing by people wanting to game the system who have no true disabilities.
Jan 11, 2016, 9:39 am
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Before boarding my SLC-SEA flight I came across a woman who had a full grown, live turkey as a service animal (2 years old). She had just flown from SEA-SLC. She had said that the turkey flew on her lap on the flight, not in it's own seat. I unfortunately did not ask if she was in Y or F.
What other "emotional support companions" have you seen on flights where the pet was on the passenger's lap, not in it's own seat?
What other "emotional support companions" have you seen on flights where the pet was on the passenger's lap, not in it's own seat?
"Well, I guess in case of an emergency you could eat it."
BaaaaHahahahahah!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Jan 11, 2016, 9:40 am
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I must admit that I have met some real turkeys on DL flights, but....
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(Someone had to say it...
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Jan 11, 2016, 9:47 am
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Well what do you know--it turns out turkeys CAN fly!
Jan 11, 2016, 9:54 am
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Perhaps it's the new fresh poultry offering in F......
Jan 11, 2016, 9:56 am
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I would lose it if I had to sit next to that thing. Absolutely lose it.
Jan 11, 2016, 10:05 am
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There was an awkward silence when the passenger heading to 11B boarded the plane with his emotional support bobcat.
Then... chaos ensued!
(Where is Gary Larson when you need him?)
Then... chaos ensued!
(Where is Gary Larson when you need him?
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