[nagdu] ACAA: Advance Notification

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> From: cindyray at gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:08:11 -0500
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] ACAA: Advance Notification
> 
> Oh, that will be a cool program. I am looking forward to it.
> 
> CL
> 
> On Mar 30, 2012, at 6:56 AM, Marion Gwizdala wrote:
> 
> > 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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