[nagdu] self identification

[Jenine Stanley]

OK Marion, here's my reasoning. 

Granted, the airlines seem indeed to make it up as they go along in terms of
seating.  However, if we do have adverse situations like what happened to Al
Rizzi and we have to deal with completely unreasonable crew members, it's
just my belief that we should have all of our legal ducks in a row. 

Hey Airline staff, I self identified. I asked to pre-board. I asked for a
specific seat with a specific reason for that request. It's not like I just
showed up and you had no idea what to do. I, unlike you, followed the
regulations set forth in the Air Carriers Access Act. 

Sadly these days it's all about CYA. 

Now, if you don't care about what seat you have and are fine with the seat
assigned, then no, there's no need to self identify as you don't need to do
that for pre-boarding, until you are literally at the gate that is. 

I look at this whole thing as one of those situations in which we are
eventually, through the formal complaint processes, going to hammer the
actual rules into people. I fear I'm way, way, way too optimistic. :)
Jenine Stanley
jeninems at wowway.com
http://www.twitter.com/jeninems

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of National
Association of Guide Dog Users
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:01 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] self identification

Jenine,
	I agree with #3, if one needs a certain seat; however, I'm not sure
how either the restricted environment or the desire to pre-board would
require advance notification. Merry and I generally pre-board for the same
reasons you state and neither of us have ever given advance notification.
Maybe you can share a little more about this.

Fraternally yours,
Marion


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:46 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: [nagdu] self identification

Marion, 

I agree with you in most cases. Self identification just is not necessary as
someone working with any type of assistance dog. 

Air travel though is a bit different in a couple ways. I do self identify
there because: 

1. It's a very restricted environment. It's not like another plane will just
pull up to take you where you want to go. 
2. I want to pre-board for very specific reasons, to get the seat I want,
which I'm pretty proactive about, and to get all dog-related issues settled
ASAP so I can plug in and tune out. :) 3. But most importantly, under the
Air Carrier Access Act, if I want a specific seat or type of seat as an
accommodation for dog, I have to self identify, at least 48 hours before the
flight. 

So there ya go. 

Do I do this with taxi cabs, restaurants, stores, etc.? Absolutely not. 

Jenine Stanley
jeninems at wowway.com
http://www.twitter.com/jeninems




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