Do you think service animals should be allowed to board a flight?

If there is a documented medical need, and the animal can be reasonably accommodated and would not pose a disruption or risk to the flight or to other passengers – yes.

But I’m not sure a peacock could be reasonably accommodated or would not pose a risk or disruption. And everybody could claim their pet as emotional support. I’m not sure that, in and of itself, is justification to allow folks to carry their pets wherever animals would not normally be allowed.

I think the ruse of designating a pet a “service animal” is in for much stricter scrutiny as abuse of the concept grows ever more rampant.

Yes. As long as it’s certified or non-disruptive/well trained
According to the ADA (as of 2011,) only dogs are allowed to be certified service animals.“Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.”
A service animal doesn’t need to be dog, but if it isn’t then it isn’t subjected to the same rules, for example, this one:
“A person with a disability cannot be asked to remove his service animal from the premises unless: (1) the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it or (2) the dog is not housebroken. When there is a legitimate reason to ask that a service animal be removed, staff must offer the person with the disability the opportunity to obtain goods or services without the animal’s presence.”

A peacock isn’t a dog, therefore not a legally considered service animal.

A service animal isn’t just a dog that is trained to bring up your emotional mood when you are upset. Service dogs can be the difference between the owner living or dying, and they are not pets, so they should be allowed on airplanes. Most people with a disability bad enough to need a service dog probably have certification for it anyways.

Not sure what type of real, physical support the peacock is helping the owner with. As I said above, service animals are for people with serious injuries, and can only be dogs.

Also, for reasoning, you aren’t charged a fee if you have a service animal. I would imagine a peacock would have a larger fee than a dog.

Here’s something else I found:

Do I have to allow service animals in my transportation service?
Yes. You cannot deny transportation to anyone with a service animal or charge higher fees because of the animal.

so your question is asking whether or not they should be allowed, if it’s a legit service animal than it has to be no matter what.

If it’s a peacock or some other animal besides a dog, it can’t be allowed on airplanes on the passenger side.

I think i just said the same thing 3 different way I apologize, just providing more info and links

If people are allowed to bring children on planes, I think animals – service or otherwise – should also be allowed on planes. I’d much rather sit near a dog or a peacock than pretty much anyone under the age of 25.

Make that 30.

@BellaB

Have you ever been around a real peacock?

Peacocks are dicks

Possibly the most obnoxious animal ever.

^Do they smell bad?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHz8P43W70

what if the peacock spread it’s feathers on the plane? those things are huge when spread out. Seems like a huge safety hazard

@BellaB you say that until you are right next to a peacock and it spreads its feathers on you

@BellaB I’m with you, and totally okay with peacocks. They are loud so I’d just need earplugs…lol

@chyna

Probably no worse than any other bird. Growing up my grandmother was engaged to a farmer for several years. He had a few peacocks, but I couldn’t really tell if they specifically smelled, as all the various farm smells tend to blend together. The male was, however, by far the loudest thing on that farm. And he wasn’t at all reserved about crowing while he strutted around and showed off.

A bird for emotional support is not a service animal.
Service animals aren’t here for emotional support

Peacocks make great watch dogs, but not service animals.
They are easily agitated, loud, and aggressive I can’t imagine anyone seriously thinking they are comforting.

Emotional support animals are completely different from service animals. People are abusing the privilege.

There is a difference between service animals and emotional support animals. As @SergeantQueen has said, service animals do specific work for people with disabilities and must be allowed on. It gets dicier now that many people are claiming their companion animals are emotional support animals who need to accompany them for psychological reasons. We don’t have standards for verifying this and apparently you are not allowed to ask what the reasons are. We had issues with this at our meeting house when someone who was not even a member insisted on bringing a dog who jumped on and mouthed people.

There could be people on a plane who have allergies or just an aversion to animals and they have rights too. I think aside from bona fide (no pun intended) service animals, pets who can be confined to a cage under the seat or in a lap could be allowed as they were formerly; otherwise animals should be in cargo – or perhaps a designated area of the plane.

A peacock on a plane is sort of crazy. What’s next -snakes?

^People are resorting to crazy things day by day..!! The person (owner) insisted even after airlines said no multiple times as per story.

I see it as part of the individualistic “My needs are the most important ones here” turn that society has taken.

^Yeah..that’s true!!