Woman dragged off Southwest flight over “life-threatening dog allergy.

[AADAD]

Moral: If Antonio Bareras had asked she would have been off the plane without delay. Note to cops.

[jbgusa]

Originally Posted by munna21977

She is Academic Scholar from Afghanistan but connected with lot of Universities here in the USA.
What kind of problem she can have with animals? Didnt she visit any Zoo? Probably she has a dislike/fear of dogs - not allergy.

If she's from Afghanistan she likely has a religious issue with dogs. If that' the case, tough luck. She's in America.

[Nonesuch]

One of the two passengers flying with a dog paid the "pet fee", the other was flying under the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 (ACAA). To comply with ACAA, most airlines will give the person with the animal priority; For example AA says "If a passenger doesn't feel comfortable flying, we will re-book them on the next available flight."

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[Jimmy_wuz_here]

My sister now has an emotional support dog because she is sad she broke up with her boyfriend.

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by Jimmy_wuz_here

My sister now has an emotional support dog because she is sad she broke up with her boyfriend.

Is she under the care of a mental health professional for a specific mental illness? Does she have a letter from said professional "prescribing" the emotional support animal? If not, she has a pet, comforting, of course, but not an ESA.

[Jimmy_wuz_here]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

Is she under the care of a mental health professional for a specific mental illness? Does she have a letter from said professional "prescribing" the emotional support animal? If not, she has a pet, comforting, of course, but not an ESA.

Yes she saw a therapist and now has an emotional support dog. She broke up with her boyfriend and now she can take her new dog anywhere she wants just like blind people. She told me the dog was registered and even has a little vest For it.

[Cloudy Dayz]

Originally Posted by Jimmy_wuz_here

My sister now has an emotional support dog because she is sad she broke up with her boyfriend.

That is not a qualification to have an emotional support animal. To have an emotional support dog she must have a mental or emotional disability recognized in the DSM IV. So either your sister has more problems then you know about, or her dog is a pet, not an emotional support animal.

[jencam]

Originally Posted by fluffythewondercat

I know there are.

We ran into a couple who had an enormous aggressive mastiff-type dog that they had convinced Amtrak was a "service animal." We weren't buying it -- anyone can get a fake "service animal" vest or documentation for their dog these days. This couple would give their beast just enough leash to allow it to lunge at us.

They were in first class, on the lower level, in the "family bedroom."

Behavior like that tells you the dog isn't a real service dog, and even if a real service dog behaves badly, they do not have to be accommodated.

[jencam]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

agreed. she is a muslim who doesn't like dogs and used a made up allergy as an excuse to try to get the 'unclean' dog booted.

Ah. probably. Most of my Muslim neighbors either truly don't hate dogs or do a nice job of pretending they don't. One guy used to run and jump on something high everytime I saw him I was like really? We have a LOT of dogs here. ALOT. Wrong place to rent/buy if you hate them that much! I just rolled my eyes and ignored. At least he wasn't saying anything to me about my dog, but I felt the dramatics were meant to make me feel bad.

[jencam]

Originally Posted by ContraPagan

An ESA is NOT a service dog. Nowhere equal in the slightest, not in legal rights, not in training.

Yet oddly, allowed on planes. I don't get why. They have none of the other public access rights that service dogs do.