{"id":18469,"date":"2025-04-10T03:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/grandmother-is-stranded-when-her-parrot-plucky-cant-board-flight\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T03:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:41:55","slug":"grandmother-is-stranded-when-her-parrot-plucky-cant-board-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/grandmother-is-stranded-when-her-parrot-plucky-cant-board-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother Is Stranded When Her Parrot \u2018Plucky\u2019 Can\u2019t Board Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Maria Fraterrigo, a grandmother from the Bronx, was booked in seat 4A on a flight from San Juan to Kennedy International Airport on Saturday night. But when she got to the gate for her return flight to New York, she said, an agent for Frontier Airlines stopped her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her companion, an African gray parrot named Plucky, which Ms. Fraterrigo has claimed as an emotional support animal and can say the names of her grandchildren, was on a no-fly list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite being allowed to bring Plucky on her outbound Frontier flight without incident in January, she said, the agent told her that parrots were among several types of birds and other animals prohibited by the airline. She said that rule essentially left her stranded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis guy from the counter yells at me and tells me, \u2018You\u2019re not going to make this flight,\u2019 \u201d Ms. Fraterrigo, 81, recalled in a phone interview on Wednesday. \u201c \u2018Give it to somebody. Get rid of it.\u2019 I said, \u2018No way, I\u2019m not going to get rid of my baby.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For four days, her travel plans were stuck in limbo, until Frontier appeared to have relented, ticketing her on another flight scheduled for Wednesday night. Plucky was expected to be in tow when Ms. Fraterrigo, completing her first trip since losing her husband in 2019, finally got to board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her situation illustrated the tension between airlines and passengers over what kinds of animals are permitted on commercial flights, which at times might have gotten confused with a petting zoo until the federal government <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/us-department-transportation-announces-final-rule-traveling-air-service-animals\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tightened rules<\/a> for service animals on them. Miniature horses, pigs and other unusual pets found their way onto planes, but an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/22\/travel\/service-animal-airplane.html\" title=\"\">emotional support peacock did not<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Fraterrigo\u2019s ordeal captured widespread attention from the news media \u2014 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/81-year-old-woman-stranded-parrot-puerto-rico-airline-allow-fly-bird\/16140810\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ABC 7 Eyewitness News<\/a> in New York was the first to report on it \u2014 and members of New York\u2019s congressional delegation lobbied for her to be rebooked with her parrot, including Senator Chuck Schumer<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jennifer F. de la Cruz, a spokeswoman for Frontier, said in a statement on Wednesday that the airline was investigating how the parrot had been permitted on Ms. Fraterrigo\u2019s previous flight. \u201cParrots do not qualify as emotional support animals under <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flyfrontier.com\/travel\/travel-info\/family-pets\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">our policies<\/a> nor those of any other U.S. airline that we are aware of,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, the airline acknowledged that the inconsistencies had created a hardship for Ms. Fraterrigo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are pleased to have enabled Plucky\u2019s return to New York,\u201d Ms. de la Cruz said. \u201cWe apologize for any confusion that may have occurred with respect to our policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since the death of her husband, Richard Fraterrigo, a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardsdowdle.com\/obituaries\/Richard-F-Fraterrigo?obId=25500530\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">former New York City police officer and retired federal judicial marshal<\/a>, who got cancer while working in Lower Manhattan after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Ms. Fraterrigo said that Plucky had provided her comfort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy bird is the only one that keeps me going,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s my company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Fraterrigo, who was born in Puerto Rico and had vacationed there with her husband over the years, would not think of traveling without Plucky, her son, Robert Fraterrigo, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In December, he began looking into whether his mother could bring Plucky on a flight, he said. While Frontier\u2019s website mentions parrots, macaws, cockatoos, birds of prey as examples of large birds that are prohibited, it says that small household birds may be carried on domestic flights. In an online chat with a Frontier customer service agent, Mr. Fraterrigo said, he asked if his mother could bring her bird on a flight and said that she had a doctor\u2019s letter designating it as an emotional support animal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agent responded, \u201cokay that\u2019s awesome,\u201d adding that the letter was all she needed to bring to the airport, according to screenshots of the exchange provided by Mr. Fraterrigo, a retired federal agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Plucky is 24 years old. She weighs less than 10 ounces and is about eight inches tall, according to her owner, who bought a bird-carrier backpack so she could place the parrot under the seat in front of her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey let her go there with it,\u201d Mr. Fraterrigo said. \u201cBring her home. She\u2019s on an island.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Fraterrigo said that Frontier initially did not budge, refunding the cost of the ticket (about $190) and giving his mother a $250 voucher. He said that his mother was hysterical when she called him from the airport that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe lights were being turned out,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was just left there in a wheelchair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A few days later, he said, Frontier appeared to have relented, asking if his mother had a certificate of veterinary inspection for Plucky and documentation showing it had been purchased in the United States. Mr. Fraterrigo said that the store where his mother had bought Plucky was able to find the records. She now had a new ticket: seat 3A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As she prepared to return on Wednesday, Ms. Fraterrigo said that she was feeling uneasy. And so was her usually chatty travel companion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPlucky talks,\u201d she said, \u201cbut Plucky doesn\u2019t talk when she flies because she\u2019s nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/09\/us\/nyc-woman-puerto-rico-parrot-airline.html\">Source link 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