[NAGDU] NYTimes.com: Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights

[mike at michaelhingson.com]

Raul,

 

Are we in touch with Alaska Airlines about the form issue? The article says that Alaska will require the form. 

 

 

Best Regards,

 

 

Michael Hingson

 

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Subject: [NAGDU] NYTimes.com: Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights

 

>From The New York Times:

 

Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights

 

The airline says it will permit service dogs only, following a move by the U.S. Department of Transportation to reclassify the types of service animals allowed on flights.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/business/alaska-airlines-emotional-support-animals.html?smid=em-share

 

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Raul A. Gallegos
President: National Association of Guide Dog Users
First Vice President: National Federation of the Blind of Texas
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