[NAGDU] FW: [GDUI Chat] Delta Airlines Doubles Down on Ban of Pit Bulls as Service Animals Despite Pushback

[Julie Johnson]

What is a pit bull type dog?  That seems rather vague to me.   And who gets 
to decide?  Staff can't tell the difference between a well behaved dog and a 
chaos beast and now they are expected  to do breed identification?

Julie
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Delta Airlines Doubles Down on Ban of Pit Bulls as Service Animals Despite 
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Delta Airlines Doubles Down on Ban of Pit Bulls as Service Animals Despite 
Pushback Last month, the Department of Transportation rejected Delta's ban 
of pit bulls and said the airline must allow any breed of service dog on 
board By Joelle Goldstein September 26, 2019 Pit Bull

Pit Bull GETTY IMAGES
Delta Airlines is maintaining its stance on pit bulls as service animals.

More than a year after Delta banned pit bull-type dogs from traveling as 
service or support animals on their flights and subsequently received 
pushback from the Department of Transportation (DOT), the airline is 
doubling down on the mandate.

In a press release issued on Monday, Delta Airlines defended their decision 
to ban pit bulls and said it came after they noticed "a sharp increase in 
onboard animal incidents and attacks."

In particular, the airline said data has shown the breed accounts "for less 
than 5 percent of the overall dog population but 37.5 percent of vicious dog 
attacks."
There have also been more than 40 reported incidents in 2018 alone that 
involved aggressive animal behavior on a Delta flight, according to the 
airline.

Given this information, Delta said they haven't figured out a solution that 
satisfies both pit bull owners and the airlines' safety requirements so they 
will uphold their mandate until they figure it out.

RELATED: Delta Airlines Bans Pit Bull-Type Service and Emotional Support 
Dogs from All Flights "We will never compromise on safety, and we will do 
what is right for the health and safety of our customers and employees," 
Senior Vice President - Corporate Safety, Security and Compliance John 
Laughter said.
"We continue to work with the DOT to find solutions that support the rights 
of customers who have legitimate needs to travel with trained animals."

"The safety of our people is paramount," added Allison Ausband, Senior Vice 
President - In-Flight Service. "Our 25,000 flight attendants are my greatest 
responsibility, and I will do everything I can to keep them safe and send 
them home to their families in the same condition they came to work."

RELATED VIDEO: Girl Reportedly Bit by Emotional Support Dog Boarding 
Southwest Flight Following the announcement, the Humane Society of the 
United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund spoke out about ban and 
supported the DOT's argument, who demanded in August that the airline must 
allow any breed of service dog on board because "dogs as a species are 
accepted for transport."

Kitty Block, the president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United 
States, said Delta's ban would be harmful to many and sends the wrong 
message about pit bulls.

"Delta's decision to maintain its discriminatory ban on pit bull-type dogs 
as service dogs is misguided and will hurt countless individuals. We 
continue to offer Delta and all airlines our support to implement 
alternatives that keep the skies friendly for people and animals alike."

RELATED: Department of Transportation Rejects Delta Airlines' Ban on Pit 
Bulls as Service Animals

"Delta is flouting the Department of Transportation's guidance and setting a 
barrier for carrying pit bull-type dogs," Sara Amundson, president of Humane 
Society Legislative Fund, added. "We applaud DOT, which acted in accordance 
with its regulations by issuing this guidance and we urge all airlines to 
comply by not excluding pit bull-type dogs."

In addition to banning pit bull-type dogs, Delta Airlines announced that it 
would be discontinuing its eight-hour flight limit for emotional support 
animals, which restricted those animals from riding on flights longer than 
eight hours.

The rules on emotional support animals vary between airlines, though many 
airlines, including Delta, only accept cats, dogs, and miniature horses over 
the age of 4 months as ESAs.


By Joelle Goldstein


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