[NAGDU] PLEASE READ: U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Final Rule on Traveling by Air with Service Animals

[Jordan Gallacher]

It is stupid too since have you ever done a cross country trip on Greyhound
with a dog?  The same potential problems could pop up there.  
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Julie McGinnity via
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Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 9:48 PM
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Cc: Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] PLEASE READ: U.S. Department of Transportation
Announces Final Rule on Traveling by Air with Service Animals

This is illogical and burdensome. Paperwork isn't going to stop people who
want to claim their dogs as service animals when they are not if those
people really wish to bring their dogs on flights.

I fear more inaccessible paperwork being required of us. In addition, I
wonder what happens if the airlines don't like something we put when filling
out the forms. For example, what if an airline doesn't like that someone
trained their own dog instead of getting them from a school?

Also, as someone with a larger dog who gets questioned almost every time I
travel, the foot space requirement seems a little vague to me.
Who gets to decide that our dogs don't fit? My dog certainly fits, but I
have to ignore protests from flight attendants quite often when I board and
choose a seat away from the bulkhead. Haha, at least, they aren't requiring
service animals stay up front in the bulkhead.

I hope we can get some clarifications and there's a way to protest these
forms. The ADA doesn't require I go into public spaces with forms; there is
no reason I should show them to fly, IMHO.

Julie


On 12/2/20, Raul A. Gallegos (NFB) via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all, while this is not yet set in stone, I'm proposing having a 
> public town hall meeting soon to discuss this. What I would recommend 
> is that folks write down questions so we can compile a list of them to 
> answer when we do this. Right now I don't have a date for this 
> proposed town hall meeting, but stay tuned on the list for it when it 
> is announced. Meanwhile, the discussion on list is going well I think.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
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> President: National Association of Guide Dog Users First Vice 
> President: National Federation of the Blind of Texas
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Julie A. McGinnity
MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of Law,
JD Candidate 2023

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