[nagdu] FAQ regarding air transportation & service animals

[Albert J Rizzi]

William can you email me the attachment of this article off line?

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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of William ODonnell
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:31 PM
To: the National Association of Guide Dog UsersNAGDU Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nagdu] FAQ regarding air transportation & service animals

Thank you for this information.


--- On Sun, 4/25/10, Ginger Kutsch <gingerKutsch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Ginger Kutsch <gingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [nagdu] FAQ regarding air transportation & service animals
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010, 7:48 PM
> Dear Albert and all,
>  
> Attached please find a publication issued by the DOT
> entitled
> Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Air Travel
> of
> People with Disabilities Under the Amended Air Carrier
> Access Act
> Regulation.  There are questions and answers that
> address seating
> accommodations, relief areas in airports, identification
> and
> other topics  such as:
>  
> 47. Are food and equipment that a service animal requires
> to
> function as a service animal considered assistive devices
> under
> Part 382?
>  
> Answer:  Equipment used by a service animal (e.g.,
> harness,
> leash, vest) in conjunction with its work as a service
> animal is
> an assistive device under the rule.  Food is not
> equipment under
> this definition and therefore when tendered as carry-on or
> checked baggage, the standard size, weight, and baggage
> allowance
> limits of the carrier may apply.
>  
> Ginger Bennett Kutsch
> Morristown, NJ
> 
>  
> 
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