[NAGDU] DOT service dog forms

Sat Jan 9 23:57:48 UTC 2021

The forms are only required if the airline your friend uses require them.
They are not mandated by the DOT. Each airline is required to decide whether
or not to use them and each airline needs to make the forms available. The
signature issue is something being explored now by DOT, but again, each
airline either implements the form or not.

Best Regards,

Michael Hingson

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Aren't the forms required starting the 11th? My friend isn't going home till
the 22nd?

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Hey Sherry,

This is exactly the kind of problem we fear. Also, since the rule has not
yet gone into effect, why is any airline requiring the form.

Finally, remember that the rule only gives individual airlines the right to
require the forms, but the rule does not require forms right out of the box.

Please keep Raul informed as he is ongoing dialog with DOT.

Best Regards,

Michael Hingson

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Subject: [NAGDU] DOT service dog forms

Hi all,

A friend has been visiting me since before Christmas. While arranging his
flight home in a couple weeks, he had to download and fill out the new
service dog form. They were generally accessible PDF forms, until we got to
the part where they require a digital signature. It was not an edit field
where he could type his name. He actually has to create a digital signature.
The form talks about downloading some app to do this or creating it with a
physical device like a smart card. This is my personal computer, but even my
work computer doesn't require a smart card. I don't particularly want to
install a program that might or might not be accessible to create the
signature, and even if it was, this seems way over the top in terms of
requiring someone to have to install or even purchase something to do this.
So, first of all, does anyone have tips on creating that digital signature,
and second of all, to me, this feels completely discriminatory. I am not
happy.

Sherry
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