[nagdu] ACAA: Advance Notification

[Marion Gwizdala]

Dear All,
    I am going to look into this question of requiring documentation when 
boarding an airline. I am not as familiar with the Air Carrier Access Act 
and its implementing regulations as I am with the ADA.BTW, at this year's 
NAGDU seminar, we will have a presentation concerning the differences and 
interaction between and among the various state & federal laws.

Fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Edie" <annedie at nycap.rr.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advance Notification


> I'm not sure whether they technically can or cannot ask for identification
> or other proof that the animal is a service animal.  My reading of the 
> ACAA
> regulations is that, if the animal has equipment that is generally
> associated with service animals, or if the animal is obviously carrying 
> out
> the functions generally associated with a service animal, or if they ask 
> the
> person who is accompanied by the animal if it is a service animal and they
> receive a response which seems to confirm this fact, then they don't need 
> to
> ask for further proof.  But if they still have doubts, then they can ask 
> for
> more proof that the animal is a service animal.  So they probably 
> shouldn't
> ask you for proof that your dog is a guide dog if it is in harness and
> actively guiding you.  But I don't think they would get in any sort of
> trouble if they did ask for further proof.  I don't think that is 
> expressly
> prohibited by the law or regulations.  I may be wrong about this.  But
> recently I heard that a guide horse handler was asked for ID for the 
> service
> animal as a condition for boarding the aircraft with her guide horse, 
> which
> was in harness and guiding her at the time, and clearly identifiable as a
> guide horse.  So it seems that they are routinely asking for the "proof",
> even though the so-called certification is totally worthless.
>
> Best,
> Ann
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:57 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advance Notification
>
> No no. You aren't understanding what the deal was. I had ID; legal ID is a
> nondriver's license or a driver's license; but it is a state ID. They also
> asked to see the ID that shows the dog is a service animal. I think they
> cannot do that. I had valid ID and that was my state ID.
>
> Cindy
>
>
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