Dot Rules On Emotional Support Animals
The DOT has now opened a period for public comment regarding a new proposal that would lay the framework for airlines to ban emotional support animals.
Dot rules on emotional support animals. The new rule will force passengers with emotional-support animals to check them into the cargo hold. The US Department of Transportation has issued a Notice of Proposed Lawmaking and theyre seeking public comment over the next 60 days. Under the new rule only dogs can be service animals.
Of a passengers wish to travel with an emotional support or psychiatric service animal to give airlines sufficient time to assess the passengers documentation. The US Department of Transportation published its final rule on Traveling by Air with Service Animals today bringing an end to the Emotional Support Animal ESA era. Delta is tightening rules about flying with emotional support animals.
What Every ESA Owner Should Know. Most airlines reacting to the DOT rules change are barring Emotional Support Animals ESA which limits support animals in the cabin to trained service animals. Department of Transportation DOT Delta will no longer recognize emotional support animals as service animals beginning January 11 2021.
On Wednesday December 2 the US. On Thursday afternoon the Department of Transportation issued a final policy statement for service animals and emotional support animals ESAs. United would continue to transport emotional support animals for reservations purchased before January 11 2021 for travel on or before February 28 2021 as long as all appropriate paperwork has been submitted to United no later.
Airlines may also now limit service animals to two per passenger on any given flight. No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal. This final rule removes 14 CFR 382117 and adds a new subpart Subpart EE on service animals.
No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal. Allows airlines to require forms developed by DOT attesting to a service animals health behavior and training and if taking a long flight attesting that the service animal can either not relieve itself or can relieve itself in a sanitary manner. The Department of Transportation announced a final rule on Dec.