As the mother of a child with a life threatening peanut allergy I have had to consider this issue carefully. I am also a physician. We carry 4 epi pens and benadryl, wipe everything down, and bring his own food. Fortunately we have not had a problem, but I also will not fly with him on Delta since they serve peanuts to the whole plane. Having flown without him on Delta, the smell of peanuts being opened by 150 people at the same time was enough to convince me we’d have a problem. I don’t expect airlines to regulate what foods people bring on a plane, but I don’t understand why everyone has to be handed a bag of peanuts that they will open and spread the dust throughout the plane. I know its up to me to be prepared but how is it possible on a flight like that? Epinephrine… more »
…wears off quickly, so even treating someone appropriately doesn’t cure a reaction and definitive treatment is necessary. I’ll continue to avoid Delta when traveling with my son and continue to be prepared while on other airlines, but it would be so much simpler if the airline didn’t hand out (for free!) a life threatening substance that people can do without for the short duration of a flight. « less
As the mother of a child with a life threatening peanut allergy I have had to consider this issue carefully. I am also a physician. We carry 4 epi pens and benadryl, wipe everything down, and bring his own food. Fortunately we have not had a problem, but I also will not fly with him on Delta since they serve peanuts to the whole plane. Having flown without him on Delta, the smell of peanuts being opened by 150 people at the same time was enough to convince me we’d have a problem. I don’t expect airlines to regulate what foods people bring on a plane, but I don’t understand why everyone has to be handed a bag of peanuts that they will open and spread the dust throughout the plane. I know its up to me to be prepared but how is it possible on a flight like that? Epinephrine… more »