Horse joins owner on flight from Chicago as service animal

[Demovictory9]

But Flirty the mini service horse successfully joined her owner, Abrea Hensley, on an American Airlines flight departing Chicago’s O’Hare international airport last week.

The horse caught the attention of fellow travelers who were surprised to see hooves queueing up to check in among the usual feet and suitcase wheels.

“There was a small horse in line at the airport today and I’m curious about it,” Twitter user Amberley Babbage said alongside a picture of Flirty with Hensley at the AA check-in desk.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/emotional-support-horse-flight-american-airlines

[hlthe2b]

1. No diaper, leading one to wonder....

[Haggis for Breakfast]

11. That was my first thought.

Where's the poop bag ?

[saidsimplesimon]

2. I'll sleep on this one, thumbs down or.....

[dem4decades]

3. I barely have room for my legs and feet in front of me, who has room for a horse in front of them?

[ChubbyStar]

4. Standing 5-10 I concur

Looks like the horse will be a problem for the middle passenger.

[dem4decades]

6. Not to mention the person in the window seat with a horse's ass in their face.

But then again, this is America and we all have a horse's ass in our face.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

10. YOU get spit-take of the day.

Do you know how hard it is to get sticky Pepsi off the keyboard ?

[lunatica]

15. LOL!

Shit! That not funny!

[Doc_Technical]

5. What's the matter, Flirty?

Why the long face?

[pangaia]

7. Yeah, try to bring an Amati cello and see what happens !!

[Karadeniz]

8. It's been years since the first guide mini horse was trained and she did well. Not too long ago

There was a T.V. segment on another one. I imagine they're trained, like dogs, to potty on command before going out.

[msongs]

9. another scam nt

[Celerity]

13. +10000

[Bayard]

12. Curious

When you are shipping horses by air, you are required to sign a release saying if your horse goes berserk in flight, the pilot has the right to put it down, so as not to endanger the plane. These are standing stalls in the cargo section, and each horse usually has a handler/groom that stays with it.

So...... how does that work in this situation? What happens if Flirty goes berserk?

[GulfCoast66]

14. I hope she also bought the seat next to her.

I’ll be damned if I lets some over-privileged person’s service horse touch up against my legs on a seat, and leg room I paid for.

This shit has gotten out of hand.

[StarryNite]

16. About a year ago I saw a mini service horse in training

in Walmart. I'd rather see a mini horse on a plane than somebody with a maggot hat.

[Hobo]

17. Im training

A emotional support bear.......Seriously this shit needs to stop.


Hobo

[honest.abe]

18. This is absolutely ridiculous.

How can this possibly be allowed?? Who is making these rules? Someone must be getting bribed. It makes zero sense.