Comments on: Will someone please tell the Times that pigs can’t fly? http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/will-someone-please-tell-the-times-that-pigs-cant-fly/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Louise http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/will-someone-please-tell-the-times-that-pigs-cant-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-11753 Louise Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:47:29 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=7910#comment-11753 Fly El Al, Saudi, Jordanian, etc. --No pigs! Fly El Al, Saudi, Jordanian, etc. –No pigs!

]]> By: Frank http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/will-someone-please-tell-the-times-that-pigs-cant-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-9215 Frank Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:55:21 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=7910#comment-9215 The issue of service animals to support travelers with emotional disabilities is a sensitive and complicated one for airlines and customers. On the one hand, the customer with the disability faces the challenge of having a non-traditional and invisible disability that may not be understood by everyone with whom they come into contact. Most people understand blindness; not everyone will understand panic disorders. ========================================================= I had a couple in the emergency exit row once. She had a small dog on her lap. Obviously, I had to explain why she couldnt sit there with an animal. (Obstruction of the exit) During taxi, I was able to chat with her and asked her about her dog. I was amazed to find out that the dog can "predict"...."sense".....the owner's seizures. In this case, it went beyond "emotional" support, it was for medical reasons. The issue of service animals to support travelers with emotional disabilities is a sensitive and complicated one for airlines and customers. On the one hand, the customer with the disability faces the challenge of having a non-traditional and invisible disability that may not be understood by everyone with whom they come into contact. Most people understand blindness; not everyone will understand panic disorders.
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I had a couple in the emergency exit row once. She had a small dog on her lap. Obviously, I had to explain why she couldnt sit there with an animal. (Obstruction of the exit)
During taxi, I was able to chat with her and asked her about her dog. I was amazed to find out that the dog can “predict”….”sense”…..the owner’s seizures. In this case, it went beyond “emotional” support, it was for medical reasons.

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