Dot Rules On Emotional Support Animals

DOT proposes new rules for emotional support animals on planes.

Dot rules on emotional support animals. As of December 2020 the DOT officially enacted these proposed rules. In accordance with the final rule from the US. Under the new guidelines only dogs may be designated as service animals and owners must attest that they are specially trained to provide services to the passenger among other requirements.

Airlines may no longer be required to fly passengers emotional support animals according to new rules. 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. On Thursday afternoon the Department of Transportation issued a final policy statement for service animals and emotional support animals ESAs.

Airlines may also now limit service animals to two per passenger on any given flight. The US Department of Transportation has issued a Notice of Proposed Lawmaking and theyre seeking public comment over the next 60 days. If you are planning on flying with service dog you will be required to submit a standardized federal form to your airline attesting to the health and training of the animal and comply with other rules.

DOT proposes emotional support animal changes. The big change is that DOT no longer considers emotional support animals to be service animals and has given airlines permission to stop giving those animals free rides. 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 new rule will force passengers with emotional-support animals to check them into the cargo hold. The DOT notes it no longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal paving the way for airlines to ban them if they dont fit established rules about pets. This has been announced by DOT on December 2 nd 2020.

Delta is tightening rules about flying with emotional support animals. 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. Of a passengers wish to travel with an emotional support or psychiatric service animal to give airlines sufficient time to assess the passengers documentation.