[farmerjohn911]

You are the one that is wrong. You do not need a vest. But you CAN buy them on the internet - no ADA requirement. The dog does to be certified by the government. All you need is a doctors note. I do not know if this is true on all airlines but on at least three it is the way it is. The are not going to police it.

Yes, I would love at least one pet free airline.

Yes, it is a, want do you call it, "rant". I stand by it. And there is nothing you can do about it. If you go to a doctor, it does not need to be a psychiatrist, and say airlines give you anxiety (only the truly brain dead are not made anxious or annoyed to some degree by the current state of flying, so it is not really lying most people, just maybe a slight exaggeration for some) and little Fluffy, makes you fell better you get the note and you get the dog on the plane out of the carrier and in some cases FREE!!! Try it!!!

My friend's wife in Tulsa does it. I spoke to an airline supervisor at the airport last week and got the same info.

Go back and read my post. I am IN FAVOR of legitimate real service dogs and other real working dogs. They are highly trained and hugely obedient. I do object to "pets" being out on planes, especially those that are treated like children.

I'd say the great parallel is handicap parking, if the CAR has the sticker the CAR parks in handicap spaces no matter who is the driver. I do not know if this is legal but it happens in thousands of cases everyday. I have NEVER seen a cop challenge a person as long as the CAR has the sticker or license plate. I know one man who had a handicap sticker, when he passed away his wife used his sticker (renewed) for years. Everybody knows how easy it is to get one, in Florida and NY especially. There is no difference with the comfort dog rule. Every one is so afraid, not me, of pointing out the scams.

What I am pointing out is the scam. As the airline supervisor told me, "if they have a doctor's note, there is nothing they can do about it."

Yes, I would love a pet free airline. Not all, but at least one, so we had consumer choice. I would not ask the government to do this, but some marketing genius with a great slogan. Until this gets resolved, and it will, I will use consumer choice to simply not fly commercial. It is actually quite liberating to know I will never have to go through the cattle processing plant again.

Meanwhile, skeptics, the proof is in the pudding, not my comment or that of the airline shill or the pet-people. So Try it!! With a little bit of cleverness your pet can fly FREE. Free of costs and restrictions, and free of the horrible carrier, under the seat like baggage instead of the trusted friend, or child you never had.