Feds: Airlines Must Let Passengers Fly With Pigs for ‘Emotional Support’

New post on Western Journalism Feds: Airlines Must Let Passengers Fly With Pigs for ‘Emotional Support’ by Daniel Noe (CNSNews.com) – Pot-bellied pigs must be granted passage on airplanes if they are used for “emotional support” by their owners, states the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) draft manual on equity for the disabled in air travel. The DOT published its “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Draft Technical Assistance Manual” in the Federal Register on July 5, providing guidance that allows swine on airplanes if they are determined to be service animals. The manual is designed to "help carriers and indirect carriers and their employees/contractors that provide services or facilities to passengers with disabilities, assist those passengers in accordance with" the Air Carrier Access Act. The manual open for public comments until Oct. 3. Read more at CNSNews. By Elizabeth Harrington. Photo credit: Ed Gaillard (Creative Commons) Daniel Noe | July 7, 2012 at 9:38 am | Categories: News From The Web | URL: http://wp.me/py0Fe-eXJ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.westernjournalism.com/feds-airlines-must-let-passengers-fly-with-pigs-for-emotional-support/

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