Originally Posted by
cardiomd
Besides, what you describe has zero to do with the ADA as it doesn't really sound like a bona fide service animal, this sounds like the "emotional support" that is not an ADA law nor definition, and up to the airline.
Hi Cardiomd,
Are you sure about this? If so, I'd like to encourage my airline to stop allowing emotional support animals for a variety of reasons. I'm sure I can employ some Google-Fu and come up with a more complete legal basis (or lack thereof) for the emotional support animal sham, but if you know the law off the top of your head, it would kickstart my research.
It's my opinion that the emotional support animal situation is completely out of control and hurts and/or inconveniences far more people than it helps. IMHO, if a person is so emotionally unstable so as to require a pet pig as a travel companion to prevent an emotional breakdown over the course of a 3 hour flight, then that person probably shouldn't be locked in an (mostly) airtight tube with 230+/- other passengers for hours on end.
Like so many things that started off well-intentioned, I think the emotional support animal craze has managed to soil the more legitimate laws such as the ADA designed to protect citizens with legitimate special needs.