A U.S. Airways passenger boarded a flight before Thanksgiving. Nothing unusual in that!
However bewildered passengers discovered that the large item she had draped over her shoulder was a 70 to 80 lb pig.
The passenger apparently was allowed to bring the animal on board..now get this.. as an emotional support animal, a U.S. Airways agent said.
The passenger and pig were kicked off the flight for being "disruptive".
The big brown pig stank up the cabin and defecated in the aisle. When the passenger tied the pig to an armrest and tried to tidy up the pig began to howl. The pig's owner became agitated, talking to the pig as if it were a person calling it a "big jerk"for misbehaving.
Eventually the passenger and porcine companion disembarked.
In 2003 the Dept of Transport updated its regulations animals that assist passengers with their disabilities by providing emotional support qualify as service animals.
Wonder what her disability was? Or maybe it was the pig?
Photo by passenger
