No, peanuts and peanut products should not be banned, just like other foods such as wheat (which is in more products than people without allergies may know) isn’t and shouldn’t be banned. The federal government should not force commercial airlines to accommodate 1% of the population when there are already airlines that will make accommodations if requested in advance.
There are a couple of things that seem to me to be viable options:
1) Airlines offer multiple flights per day to the most popular destinations – they could possibly designate one specific flight per day on these popular routes to be “allergen free” and exclude not only peanuts, but other allergens that can be transmitted through the air or by contact.
2)It seems that this would be a perfect opportunity… more »
…for someone or some airline to captialize on starting a smaller airline to specifically cater to “allergen free” flights. It’s been done for other niche markets with moderate success, so why not this one? « less
No, peanuts and peanut products should not be banned, just like other foods such as wheat (which is in more products than people without allergies may know) isn’t and shouldn’t be banned. The federal government should not force commercial airlines to accommodate 1% of the population when there are already airlines that will make accommodations if requested in advance.
There are a couple of things that seem to me to be viable options:
1) Airlines offer multiple flights per day to the most popular destinations – they could possibly designate one specific flight per day on these popular routes to be “allergen free” and exclude not only peanuts, but other allergens that can be transmitted through the air or by contact.
2)It seems that this would be a perfect opportunity… more »