If you ban peanuts being served, then you’ll have to ban all carry on food. Couple that with the ban on bringing on personal water and increasingly invasive body searches and air travel is becoming pretty austere.
I’ve been on many flights now that airlines no longer serve food where people bring on all sorts of personal food, including extremely “fragrant” ethnic foods. Who’s to say one of those doesn’t have a peanut product? This could easily become a slippery slope, as so much in the govt where we continue to erode personal liberties. Sitting next to a smoker with smoke on their clothes or a person with perfume can trigger an asthma attack for me. So let’s ban smokers who’ve had a cigarette in 24 hours and all fragrances. How far will we… more »
…go in trying to accommodate everyone? I have visions of being stripped naked and put in little pods and put to sleep in order to keep everyone “safe” on flights. This is not the brave new world I want to live in! Yes, we must all be sensitive but more regulations? Please, no! « less
As an infrequent traveler, I get easily confused with all the new fees and regulations. When I’m comparison shopping, I’d like to see additional fees listed on every webpage of every airline or ticket provider (Expedia, etc.) I love Amazon’s page that shows cost + shipping. I think we need something like that for airfares. It’s pretty deceptive for one airline to list an all inclusive fee (or not charge extra) and another to unbundle just to look like they have a lower price. I’m not a travel agent and don’t want to spend hours looking for the best deal, only to find hidden charges. I hate to see this become ANOTHER federal regulation, but it would be good business.
In terms of code share, the rules/fees of the issuing airline should prevail across the board.
I think it’s essential to have functioning restrooms for us old people and sufficient food and water. Any delay is annoying, but information is critical. I haven’t seen many posts on that. Tell us WHY we are being held and WHEN we expect a change. That info should be updated at least every 30 min. But does that require a regulation or is it good common sense customer service?
If you ban peanuts being served, then you’ll have to ban all carry on food. Couple that with the ban on bringing on personal water and increasingly invasive body searches and air travel is becoming pretty austere.
I’ve been on many flights now that airlines no longer serve food where people bring on all sorts of personal food, including extremely “fragrant” ethnic foods. Who’s to say one of those doesn’t have a peanut product? This could easily become a slippery slope, as so much in the govt where we continue to erode personal liberties. Sitting next to a smoker with smoke on their clothes or a person with perfume can trigger an asthma attack for me. So let’s ban smokers who’ve had a cigarette in 24 hours and all fragrances. How far will we… more »
As an infrequent traveler, I get easily confused with all the new fees and regulations. When I’m comparison shopping, I’d like to see additional fees listed on every webpage of every airline or ticket provider (Expedia, etc.) I love Amazon’s page that shows cost + shipping. I think we need something like that for airfares. It’s pretty deceptive for one airline to list an all inclusive fee (or not charge extra) and another to unbundle just to look like they have a lower price. I’m not a travel agent and don’t want to spend hours looking for the best deal, only to find hidden charges. I hate to see this become ANOTHER federal regulation, but it would be good business.
In terms of code share, the rules/fees of the issuing airline should prevail across the board.
I think it’s essential to have functioning restrooms for us old people and sufficient food and water. Any delay is annoying, but information is critical. I haven’t seen many posts on that. Tell us WHY we are being held and WHEN we expect a change. That info should be updated at least every 30 min. But does that require a regulation or is it good common sense customer service?