'Emotional Support Peacock' Barred From United Airlines Plane

[Cod]

I couldn't take my Dolphin, it kept smiling on the passport photos.

[brewer]

I couldn't take my Dolphin, it kept smiling on the passport photos.

Blow holes should never be allowed to fly.

[vorlon13]

How about an emotional support beehive ?

[Jackalope]

I'm a little miffed that they can't accommodate my emotional support halibut, tbh

[Anomalocaris]

So when I do go to the States, I can't bring my emotional support elephant?

Maybe if you have a doctor's note and threaten to go to the media, they'll let your "emotional support" elephant on lol.

-Teresa

If the elephant can fit through the jet way and airplane door, it can come.

[vorlon13]

And emotional support isn't just found in the realm of animals. I could imagine a person having an emotional support cubic meter of concrete.

Or an emotional support 50 foot steel I-beam.

[Divinity]

People bitch way too much about kids on airplanes. "I don't want to have to sit next to a crying baby!" Yeah, well neither do I so do us all a fucking favor and shut the fuck up about it. You don't get to dictate where people take their children.

As for emotional support animals... I don't think taking a peacock on an airplane would be comfortable for the peacock. I think requiring emotional support animals to have a letter from a vet seems reasonable. You CAN bring your pets via cargo if necessary.

[Anomalocaris]

People bitch way too much about kids on airplanes.  "I don't want to have to sit next to a crying baby!"  Yeah, well neither do I so do us all a fucking favor and shut the fuck up about it.  You don't get to dictate where people take their children.

As for emotional support animals... I don't think taking a peacock on an airplane would be comfortable for the peacock.  I think requiring emotional support animals to have a letter from a vet seems reasonable.  You CAN bring your pets via cargo if necessary.

Cargo compartment on a passenger jet is typically not heated.  Pet will arrive frozen solid after a long flight.

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And emotional support isn't just found in the realm of animals.  I could imagine a person having an emotional support cubic meter of concrete.

Or an emotional support 50 foot steel I-beam.

My requirements are slight.  Just a few kilos of u-235 and two well behaved adult coconut crabs on leashes.

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How about an emotional support beehive ?

It can go with checked luggage.

[Brian37]

Maybe it's because I'm an oddball but this story makes me laugh every time I've heard it.

I'm skeptical about all these alleged 'support animals' that seem to be everywhere these days. I think it's just a sneaky way to bring your pet to places where normally you can't bring pets.

And a peacock, for pete's sake? Those things are loud, I can't imagine sitting next to one of those on a flight!

United Airlines confirmed that the exotic animal was barred from the plane Saturday because it “did not meet guidelines for a number of reasons, including its weight and size.”

“We explained this to the customer on three separate occasions before they arrived at the airport,” an airline spokeswoman said in a statement Tuesday to The Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/anim...04ea52d3ff

-Teresa

I think when it comes to laws and regulations, it amounts to "reasonable accommodations".  Those are not small birds. I don't think you could have a support elephant either.

I have to side with the airline in this case. Other animals, especially dogs, are used for PTSD and anxiety and blindness too. I don't think it is reasonable to allow a huge bird in the passenger area.

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People bitch way too much about kids on airplanes.  "I don't want to have to sit next to a crying baby!"  Yeah, well neither do I so do us all a fucking favor and shut the fuck up about it.  You don't get to dictate where people take their children.

As for emotional support animals... I don't think taking a peacock on an airplane would be comfortable for the peacock.  I think requiring emotional support animals to have a letter from a vet seems reasonable.  You CAN bring your pets via cargo if necessary.

I am going to be on a long flight starting Tuesday. It certainly would NOT be the baby's fault no, but I won't lie about it, I don't want to get stuck next to a screaming baby. I won't blame the baby, I will put up with it, but I won't blame the baby. Worst, I might ask for a seat change, not because I blame anyone. But it still is a matter of not wanting to end up with a headache. I do agree though, regardless of possible loudness of a baby, parents DO have as much a right to fly as I do. 

Good thing with long flights, if someone's noise is bothering you, you CAN rent headphones.

[brewer]

People bitch way too much about kids on airplanes.  "I don't want to have to sit next to a crying baby!"  Yeah, well neither do I so do us all a fucking favor and shut the fuck up about it.  You don't get to dictate where people take their children.

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Yes you/other people do. Think about it.