(CNN) – American Airlines dice that do not allow emotional support animals to depart from the next week.
The exchange coincides with a new regulation by the Department of Transport (DOT, by its English seal). It is said that airline companies are not obligated to treat emotional support animals as service animals.
The department defines’ n dier de servicio as a platform «trained to work or realize tariffs for the benefit of a person with a disability».
The American dice that the 11th of January, when the new rule of the department enters into force, “will not authorize new journeys for animals that do not coincide with this definition, as the animals of emotional support”.
The animals of emotional support are prescribed by professionals of mental health to burn counsel and support. Without embarrassment, different from service animals, it is not required that they be trained in specific areas.
The animals that he used to work with as emotional support animals can work as mascots in the bodega booth, the company.
“We trust that this approach will allow us to provide more service to our customers, particularly those with disabilities other than service animals, and better protect our team members in the airport and in the aircraft,” said Jessica Tyler. president of cargo and vice president of American Airport Excellence, in a press release.
What do we change the rules about emotional support animals in airplanes?
The preoccupation with which passengers are destined to pass their mascot in a fraudulent manner in the most vague and free category of emotional support animals is due to the fact that the airliners applied to the DOT to revise this topic.
The rules of the department were also imposed on an increase in the number of service animals for passengers with disabilities. También for the poor consumption of animals of emotional support, lack of clarity in the definition of “service animal” and trastornos caused by “solicitation for transporting unusual species of animals on board the aircraft”, according to the department .
Among the inexperienced animals he walked earlier as emotional support animals are encounters and real pavements.
American Airlines says existing reserves for emotional support will be completed only during the remainder of the month.
From February 1, the United States will require passengers to travel with service animals that electronically send a DOT form before their flight. The form must describe the behavior, training and health of the dog. The authorization is valid for one year or until the animals’ vacancies have expired.
American is not the first airline to update its policies to align with the DOT. On December 29, Alaska Airlines announced that it would not accept these animals.