As a 75K-mile annual flyer, I travel a lot. I’ve seen plenty of rules be flouted, and this one just begs for it.
The real danger here is lulling peanut allergy suffers into false sense of security. Under a ban, an airline might eliminate all peanut-related items from their snacks, but pax may bring onboard peanut-related items. And if the potential for peanut residue to become airborne exists, then the ban will be for naught if pax privately bring their own.
This will, of course, lead to lawsuts against airlines, who have no real way of enforcing a ban against pax who bring the stuff onboard.
My concern here is that the airlines will become scapegoats for the misdeeds of private individuals. The ban should not be put into effect.
One more consideration: plenty of people are severely… more »
…allergic to ANY nuts or nut-related products, with complications including death. What’s next: a ban on ALL nut products? Then what, a ban on, say, all perfumes and colognes? Hairspray? Clothes that have been drycleaned?
While I feel for the allergy sufferers (my nephew is one such young man, to such a degree that he is at risk of DYING should he even touch a nut), they are simply the leading edge of a complete ban on everything onboard planes.
Say NO to this ban. Allergy sufferers, please bring that epi-pen, or if your allergy is so serious, please do not fly. « less
As a 75K-mile annual flyer, I travel a lot. I’ve seen plenty of rules be flouted, and this one just begs for it.
The real danger here is lulling peanut allergy suffers into false sense of security. Under a ban, an airline might eliminate all peanut-related items from their snacks, but pax may bring onboard peanut-related items. And if the potential for peanut residue to become airborne exists, then the ban will be for naught if pax privately bring their own.
This will, of course, lead to lawsuts against airlines, who have no real way of enforcing a ban against pax who bring the stuff onboard.
My concern here is that the airlines will become scapegoats for the misdeeds of private individuals. The ban should not be put into effect.
One more consideration: plenty of people are severely… more »
While I feel for the allergy sufferers (my nephew is one such young man, to such a degree that he is at risk of DYING should he even touch a nut), they are simply the leading edge of a complete ban on everything onboard planes.
Say NO to this ban. Allergy sufferers, please bring that epi-pen, or if your allergy is so serious, please do not fly. « less