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Snakes on a plane, anyone?
Delta Air Lines has seen that movie one too many times and wants to rewrite the script!
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Beginning March 1, Delta will roll out “advance documentation requirements” for all trained service or support animals.
Owners will now be required to do the following:
Some 700 service or support animals fly on Delta each day, which tallies up to 250,000 annually.
That’s created a lot of opportunity for some passengers to play fast and loose with the definition of a service or support animal.
“Customers have attempted to fly with comfort turkeys, gliding possums known as sugar gliders, snakes, spiders and more,” Delta notes.
Delta got input into the first major revision of its animal flight policy from a 15-member Advisory Board on Disability.
This group of disability advocates, composed of diverse Delta frequent flyers with a range of disabilities, was established more than 10 years ago.
We should note that the new documentation requirements do not change the type of animals that are permitted on board Delta flights.
As always, the following are not permissible trained service or support animals:
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