Fake emotional support animals may bite or comfort?

Fake emotional support animals may bite or comfort?

FAA emotional support animal regulations need a major overhaul Last week, an American Airlines flight attendant was bitten by a fake emotional support animal on a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Greensboro, North Carolina. The flight attendant’s hand was...

The emotional support animals scam?

Are passengers bringing emotional support animals aboard planes scamming the airlines?  Air travelers using emotional support animals (ESA) seem to be increasingly scamming the airlines. United Airlines reported that 43,000 emotional support animals were brought on...
Why a pet is not an emotional support animal

Why a pet is not an emotional support animal

New rules seek to close the loophole that allows pets to be considered fully service animals The Department of Transportation  (DOT) released its proposed rule for airline transport of what have come to be called emotional support animals. This Notice of Proposed...
Fake emotional support animals may bite or comfort?

New airplane emotional support animal rules are a facade

New ESA rules — an exercise in window dressing  As I reported last month, emotional support animals (ESAs) too often have attacked passengers and crew on aircraft. At times, they have inflicted serious injuries. On a Delta flight, Ronald Munday suffered severe wounds...