[nfb-talk] Question about screening Service Animals and Their users.

[helene ryles]

well i wish you luck with your battles.
as a deafblind person i  cannot garantee that i will even be allowed
on the plane unacompanied by a minder. its not happened to me yet but
a friend from over the pond was  due to pay me a visit but because he
was deafblind they refused to let him on the plane without a minder.
if it had been me i think i would have tried to put up more of a fight
 then he did but the airlines having that kind of rules did bother me
a lot.
maybe if we joined together instead of us all fighting our own
indevidual battles we could compile a list of dmands  well what do you
folk think of that.

helene

On 28/11/2010, David Evans <drevans at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Sur,
>
> I am not concerned with getting a pat down.
> I am asking "Why" can I and my guide dog not go through the scanners like
> most everyone else.
> What makes that impossible?
> I am a Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer.  Therefore I think that I can
> well understand any technical reasons that you might present.
> What makes it possible, for me to pass through the scanners and not my dog?
> What dangers are there that prevent him, but don't effect me?
> If I remove his leash and harness,and pass it through the X-ray machines
> along with my lap top and other carry-on baggage.  Why then can I not place
> a nylon leash and collar on him and let him accompany me through the full
> bodies scanners.
> We both can stop in the middle and I can raise my arms and if needed I will
> train him to raise his leg or lie down and roll over so you can see all
> sides.
> I was kidding about raising the leg, but I don't like to be treated any
> different than my sighted peers.  I am asking these questions as if I am
> investigating Why I should let and accept the TSA being able to segregate
> and treat me differently than everyone else.
> I want to hear the reasons that would allow TSA to discriminate against me
> and my guide dog Jack.
> If I can go through the scanner physically, then why can not Jack, who is
> smaller and not bigger or smaller than many a human child?
> I am sure that the National Association of Guide Dog Users would like to
> know also.
> It seems to me that anywhere a person can just walk through the scanners and
> out the other side, instead of having to have someone put hands on them, it
> would be better and faster for all concerned.
> I will wait to hear your explanation.  "Its just the policy" is not enough
> here.
>
> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Thackeray, Brewster
>   To: David Evans
>   Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 11:59 AM
>   Subject: RE: Question about screening Service Animals and Their users.
>
>
>   Dear Mr. Evans,
>
>
>
>   You aren't the first person I have heard from who read this release as you
> did, but I'm glad to be able to tell you that you and most other people who
> are blind will not face additional screening beyond what they previously
> did. Although you would not be able to go through the advanced imaging
> technology machines that have recently been introduced, you still can
> proceed through standard metal detection just as you always have. As in the
> past, if you and your dog pass through separately, and neither alarms,
> neither of you will get a pat-down. If either of you do alarm, then
> whichever of you does would be patted down.
>
>
>
>   We want to encourage all travelers to plan ahead to avoid setting off
> alarms if possible.
>
>   I hope that you will have a pleasant travelling experience.
>
>
>
>   Sincerely,
>
>
>
>   Brewster Thackeray
>
>
>
>   Brewster Thackeray
>
>   Senior Policy Advisor
>
>   Office of Disability Policy and Outreach TSA-33
>
>   Office of the Special Counselor
>
>   Department of Homeland Security
>
>   Transportation Security Administration
>
>   601 South 12th Street, E11-202S
>
>   Arlington, VA 20598-6033
>
>
>
>   571/227-4831
>
>   brewster.thackeray at dhs.gov
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   From: David Evans [mailto:drevans at bellsouth.net]
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:39 PM
>   To: "ODPO atbrewster.thackeray"@tsa.dhs.gov
>   Subject: Question about screening Service Animals and Their users.
>
>
>
>   Dear MS. Basha,
>
>
>
>   I am a Blind man and a service animal user.
>
>   As I understand the letter, It says that I must under go a pat down and
> can not use the scanners.
>
>   I would just like to know why?
>
>   Is it my dog or is it me that can not go through the scanner.
>
>   I am a Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer and would like to know why I
> and my dog can not go through the scanners.
>
>   I can remove my dogs harness and pass it through with my other carry on's
> and can use only a nylon leash to guide my dog and to stand in the scanner
> with arms raised to be scanned.
>
>   If the pat down is the only way, I can put up with it, but I would like to
> have the option if I can to be screened like everyone else.
>
>
>
>   I can be reached at:  drevans at bellsouth.net  .
>
>
>
>   Yours,
>
>
>
>   David Evans
>
>   19601 Carolina Circle
>
>   Boca Raton, Fl. 33434
>
>   Home: (561) 482-5684
>
>   Cell: (561) 789-2488
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