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My asthma is severe enough to kill me and has been since I was a child. I’ve had more than one attack mid-flight due to various irritants (namely, ladies perfume), but there’s a reason I haven’t died on an airplane due to an asthma attack – my parents never took me on a plane without an inhaler, and as an adult, I bring one with me on flights. I would never ask for or support a ban against perfumes on airplanes because I know that my and my children’s personal health and wellbeing are my responsibility. Parents that travel with highly allergic children, and traveling adults with high risk allergies, should carry the appropriate first-aid (epi-pen / Benadryl) and should make their own decisions about how to protect themselves and/or their children from peanut exposure rather… more »
…than telling the 99% of Americans without peanut allergies what they can and can’t eat on an airplane. If the airlines value the business lost to families or individuals that don’t fly because peanuts are served then the airlines will take the appropriate measures to capture that lost revenue by offering peanut free flights. This is not a government issue, and apart from preventing the airlines from purchasing and serving peanuts there’s no way to enforce a government ban of peanuts on planes. Are you planning on searching passengers as they board? Are we adding peanuts to the list of items that have to be placed in a clear plastic bag as we are herded like cattle through airport security lines?
You know what we’re all allergic to? Bombs on planes. How about we spend the tax dollars being wasted on this issue more appropriately and use those dollars to better secure our airports. Once we’ve solved that minor nuisance, we can move on to the more important issues like peanut allergies.
If the government really considers peanut allergies a disability prone to discriminatory practices, let the government set the example by adding peanut allergies to the Americans with Disabilities Act, therefore banning peanuts from all public buildings. If they’re willing to do that, maybe I’ll leave my PB&J sandwich at the gate next time I fly.
Seriously, I can’t believe you all are wasting our tax dollars on this. We’re 11 trillion dollars in debt. It kills me to think this study threw another million-plus on the pile. « less
My asthma is severe enough to kill me and has been since I was a child. I’ve had more than one attack mid-flight due to various irritants (namely, ladies perfume), but there’s a reason I haven’t died on an airplane due to an asthma attack – my parents never took me on a plane without an inhaler, and as an adult, I bring one with me on flights. I would never ask for or support a ban against perfumes on airplanes because I know that my and my children’s personal health and wellbeing are my responsibility. Parents that travel with highly allergic children, and traveling adults with high risk allergies, should carry the appropriate first-aid (epi-pen / Benadryl) and should make their own decisions about how to protect themselves and/or their children from peanut exposure rather… more »
You know what we’re all allergic to? Bombs on planes. How about we spend the tax dollars being wasted on this issue more appropriately and use those dollars to better secure our airports. Once we’ve solved that minor nuisance, we can move on to the more important issues like peanut allergies.
If the government really considers peanut allergies a disability prone to discriminatory practices, let the government set the example by adding peanut allergies to the Americans with Disabilities Act, therefore banning peanuts from all public buildings. If they’re willing to do that, maybe I’ll leave my PB&J sandwich at the gate next time I fly.
Seriously, I can’t believe you all are wasting our tax dollars on this. We’re 11 trillion dollars in debt. It kills me to think this study threw another million-plus on the pile. « less