Fury as influencer is allowed to bring 120lb 'service dog' on flight... who's in the right?

A societal media influencer has sparked fury online aft bringing her monolithic Great Dane 'service dog' onto a commercialized United Airlines flight.

Pietra Luccas, 27, from San Francisco, California, was flying to Miami, Florida, successful April with friends and her astir 120-pound four-year-old Great Dane work dog, Charlie.

Video footage captured the infinitesimal Luccas stepped connected to the level with visibly shocked passengers reacting arsenic they spotted the monolithic dog.

The clip, which Luccas shared connected her Instagram account, rapidly went viral - amassing much than 1 cardinal likes and hundreds of comments.

Social media users argued implicit whether specified a ample carnal should beryllium permitted connected the aircraft.

The towering Great Dane - which tin measurement up to 175 pounds - tin beryllium seen successful the video taking up the aisle of the craft arsenic horrified passengers look up from their seat.

'I didn't person immoderate trouble getting him connected board,' Luccas told Newsweek. 'I ever bargain 3 seats, but, successful this case, the compartment unit wanted maine to person the beforehand spot with much limb country for Charlie.'

'There are passengers who don't similar it, and I recognize that. But that's wherefore I bargain the 3 seats for us. During the flight, Charlie is trained to beryllium quiet. He beauteous overmuch sleeps astir of the time.'

She past recorded the immense favored sleeping connected the level of an full enactment wrong the aircraft.  

Despite taking precautions, the video has near users divided, with galore arguing that Charlie is simply excessively large for the confined abstraction of an airplane cabin.

'This should not beryllium allowed… this is getting ridiculous,' wrote 1 commenter.

Many users accused the Great Dane of not being a existent work dog.

'No, she knows damn good that's not a work canine lol,' 1 wrote.

Some accused Luccas, who besides has an OnlyFans account, of being inconsiderate of different humans. 

'She doesn't person immoderate respect for different quality beings. The canine is excessively large for the tiny seats and abstraction successful the airplane. People and children volition locomotion by to spell to the restroom and the Dog whitethorn not similar it. She is conscionable entitled and has nary respect for anyone.'

But others defended Luccas, with 1 idiosyncratic writing: 'I spot nary occupation here. Dogs aren't luggage.'

Another added: 'I would beryllium truthful pissed if you didn't beryllium adjacent to me.'

'I'd alternatively beryllium adjacent to him than astir humans,' joked different commenter.

Some canine experts adjacent raised wellness concerns for the elephantine breed.

One experienced breeder wrote: 'I person been a breeder of Great Dane for implicit 20 years. And each I tin spot is however overmuch symptom helium is in. That near hep is bad. 

'You tin adjacent spot the nonaccomplishment of muscle. Please bash not marque him walk, to much, tally oregon enactment him connected hard surfaces. Especially a level floor. ;('

Some commenters mentioned the irony successful airdrome information protocols.

'But I person to cheque successful a 4 oz bottle,' wrote 1 user.

Others raised concerns astir accommodating passengers with allergies oregon fears of dogs.

'It decidedly excludes radical who person allergies, fears and/or conscionable don't privation to beryllium successful adjacent proximity closed successful with someone's dogs particularly successful lawsuit of emergencies,' different commenter argued.