Dot Rules On Emotional Support Animals

Department of Transportation issued a ruling that features huge changes to the rules concerning flying with.

Dot rules on emotional support animals. The US Department of Transportation rule announced Wednesday states that carriers are not required to recognize emotional support animals as service animals and may treat them as pets. On December 2 2020 the Department of Transportation announced that it is revising rules around flying with Emotional Support Animals. Airlines will no longer be required to recognize ESAs and provide reasonable accommodation in the flight cabin andor free of charge.

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. 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. Requires airlines to treat psychiatric service animals the same as other service animals.

This final rule removes 14 CFR 382117 and adds a new subpart Subpart EE on service animals. The United States Department of Transportation DOT has declared the finalized rules which will allow emotional support animals to be treated like ordinary pets by the airlines. On Wednesday December 2 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 also now limit service animals to two per passenger on any given flight. As of December 2020 the DOT officially enacted these proposed rules.

Airlines may no longer be required to fly passengers emotional support animals according to new rules. No longer considers an emotional support animal to be a service animal. 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 has issued a Notice of Proposed Lawmaking and theyre seeking public comment over the next 60 days. DOT proposes emotional support animal changes. 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.