Two Men Boarded A Plane With Their 'Emotional Support' Falcons & Now We've Seen Everything
Two men clad in Middle-Eastern attire nonchalantly walked down the aisle holding falcons. Getting falcons as emotional support for the uninitiated is a very normal practice in middle eastern flights. Some airlines likeEtihad Airlines have specific policies in place for Falcons.
It was an odd sight for some passengers onboard airline flydubai from Tajikistan, when two men clad in Middle-Eastern attire nonchalantly walked down the aisle holding falcons.
A tweet accompanied with the video says the birds of prey were ¡°emotional support falcons."
Twitter user @DonnieDoesWorld, whose bio says he is a foreign correspondent for Barstool Sports, posted the video in utter amazement saying, "Folks two dudes just boarded my plane with emotional support falcons."
Folks two dudes just boarded my plane with emotional support falcons pic.twitter.com/lHABg8A7La
¡ª The Tajikistahn Dahn (@DonnieDoesWorld) 29 March 2019
He added that people were changing seats to get away from the predatory birds but he "volunteered to sit closer to them. They make me feel secure.¡±
Post Flight Thoughts: Would ride with an entire plane full of falcons if given the chance. I saw a 6 yr old kid try to touch a falcon but didn¡¯t see the falcons trying to touch any 6 yr old kids. Very well behaved. https://t.co/a7rucZGSXI
¡ª The Tajikistahn Dahn (@DonnieDoesWorld) 30 March 2019
Getting falcons as emotional support, for the uninitiated, is a very normal practice in middle eastern flights. In fact, some airlines like Etihad Airlines, have specific policies in place for Falcons.
Falcons are allowed to travel with the owners in the cabin. It's nothing new...we see it all the time here in the Gulf. Don't be an ignoramus. Be curious. Learn about diff cultures.
¡ª Annie ???? (@aj_talk2me) 30 March 2019
If you fly on Royal Jordanian Airways you'll have the best chance of this happening. They allow 2 falcons per person (till the max of I think 10 per plane is reached). Other middle eastern airlines allow them too but fewer. In the UAE falcons are issued their own passports. :)
¡ª Liz Williams (@Liz_Alfreda) 30 March 2019
'Falcons are allowed to travel with the owners in the cabin. It's nothing new...we see it all the time here in the Gulf', one person tweeted. 'Don't be an ignoramus. Be curious. Learn about diff cultures'.
Here's how people reacted to the video:
#1
My falcon is cold and indifferent. I get almost NO emotional support from him.
¡ª The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) 30 March 2019
It¡¯s always ¡°Oh, I see a mouse.¡±
And what¡¯s with the staring?! He just... stares.
So basically, the birds boarded the plane with their emotional support humans.
¡ª t. (@grace_eludes_me) 30 March 2019
As long as they are well behaved...?
¡ª K3 (@TretonicMW) 30 March 2019
What animals are not considered emotional support?
Man, why doesn't anything cool like this happen to me on a plane. Awesome.
¡ª (((clevecarole))) (@Clevecarole) 30 March 2019
I was looking up dining options when I flew on Qatar Airways and saw the section on falcons and immediately started hoping I'd get to fly next to one. But none on my flights, sadly.
¡ª Jamie Horton (@Animaliae) 1 April 2019
