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Originally Posted by George Bieniaszek
I was watching a story on television on one of the nightly news shows about "Comfort Animals". The story was about one person who wished to travel on a plane and bring her dog with her. She didn't want her dog in the cargo hold, so she went on-line and found an organization, that, for a fee, gave her a certificate and a "Comfort Dog" harness so she could have her dog on the plane next to her. She didn't need to provide any documentation, medical or otherwise to prove that she needed a comfort animal. Only requirement was that her check for payment cleared.
Good thing it was a "Comfort Dog" and not a "Comfort Rhinoceros"
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She got away with one. Travelling on planes with comfort animals is not part of the ADA, but rather the Air Carrier Access Act. Legally, the lady would need a letter from a mental health professional currently treating her for a mental illness listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. Under this provision, the animal needn't be a dog. It could be a gecko if that is what the shrink says the passenger needs.