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As a fellow air traveler, I agree with some of the points you are making… there are some standards that people should abide by while flying on a plane. However, that is not the issue at hand– peanuts on the plane are. While I don’t always enjoy peanuts while flying, I don’t believe they should be banned outright. I think that people who suffer from severe peanut allergies should seriously consider the possibility of peanuts being aboard planes, and should carry the appropriate medications should they be affected by an allergy. If the airlines want to regulate this, I believe that creating a few dedicated planes to serve as “peanut-free” flying experiences are an acceptable alternative to completely banning peanuts and peanut products on planes. It is… more »
Your suspicions about who is behind this are just your clouded musings. There is real data showing allergic reactions to peanut dust in the aircraft. The fact that you are uninformed does not mean the evidence does not exist. A willingness to go without peanuts for the duration of a flight is a small show of civility and empathy. Our family flies regularly and internationally. We are very careful and inform the airlines of our child’s allergy. It would be a life-saving and life-changing regulation if peanuts were banned on all flights. People who like peanuts can simply eat a giant bag after the plane lands. It is good for your personal growth to be able to think of other people’s needs.
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I travel on a plane almost every week, mostly domestic and occasionally internationally. I find the proposed rules solutions! Our society is one of tolerance and acceptance provided my issues, problems, conditions don’t infringe upon others rights. Flying is not a constitutional right it is an opportunity which one may choose to participate in or not. To single one group of individuals out for “protection” at the cost to all others is wrong.
If we are going down this road I would suggest other regulations as well:
Why should mobility restricted people be allowed on planes, when in an emergency they will restrict the flow of people leaving the aircraft?
Why should over weight people be allowed on the aircraft once again endangering everyone flying?
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What about the folks who smell so bad they cause passengers around them to get physically sick?
How about people who are ill? I have flown into China during SARS and Mexico during the H1N1 outbreak, can you mandate a “germ free zone for me”?
After flying for over 8 million miles I have seen all of the conditions I describe above. As a trauma nurse I have been called upon over 10 times to provide critical medical services in flight but I have never seen a peanut reaction.
To mandate a “peanut-free buffer zone around a passenger” goes against everything our country stands for (Independence, Freedom of Choice, Pursuit of happiness, and prohibition of the federal government from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law) « less
Amish: After typing my comments I read yours and it was refreshing to see another world traveler with the same thoughts. I suspect the people who are behind this rule change fly once a year to Disneyland and they want to change the rules for those of us who actually fly regularly.
Gene: I hope that the airline would charge you! There are millions of Americans who are afflicted by medical conditions; Asthma, Hemophilia, High Blood Pressure, Risk of Strokes, and the list goes on and on. Each of these people take responsibility for their own health. When they leave home they prepare for the dangerous they will face even those which are not dangerous to others.
When you ask us, the general public to take responsibility for the safety of your daughter you are ignoring your own responsibilities and setting a bad example for your child.
c1r2mom: I’m curious how much you fly each year?