From CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/05/11/airlines.animals.ap/index.html -- New guidelines on animals in airplanes Sunday, May 11, 2003 Posted: 5:19 PM EDT (2119 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Airline passengers who rely on cats, monkeys or other animals for emotional support may be able to bring the animals into a plane's seating compartment under revised federal guidelines. -- I thought the last line of the article was really ignorant on someone's part - "The revised guidelines also clarified that animals that pose a public risk would not be allowed in cabins, such as snakes, ferrets, rodents or spiders." regards, larry [Moderator's note: The article did make clear that standards would be applied to determine if an animal companion was REALLY there for support or if someone was just trying to take an "ordinary" pet on board. There was no mention of ferrets, but I agree with Larry here: will it now be even easier to ban ferrets on flights? BIG] [Posted in FML issue 4146]