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Since there’s no reason to ban peanuts to begin with, the only thing you’d accomplish by banning all food is to have a large number of cranky, hungry passengers on longer flights. Not exactly a good way to engender customer loyalty or goodwill.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with banning airlines from serving bagged peanuts. It’s an unnecessary risk and you’d think they would have caught onto that already. Banning passengers from bring their own peanut containing products (i.e. snickers or things with peanut oil) is probably too far, although peanut allergy people should be given the ability to not sit near that person. It seems like a fair compromise.
From what I understand about your description of the flight . . . your son flew with peanuts wedged in the seat and on floor . . . and was fine? Assuming he’s not going to eat a peanut off the floor or someone’s seat, I don’t see why you feel the need to have peanuts banned. Your son obviously can handle the flight.
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My son is allergic to peanuts. The last time we flew on an airline that served peanuts (Southwest) we called ahead and requested that no peanuts be served on our flight. The airline was extremely accommodating, but there were peanuts on the floor and between the seats from earlier flights. For that reason, I don’t see banning peanuts on specific flights or a peanut-free buffer zone as real solutions. We now only fly airlines that don’t serve peanuts. We’re okay with Snickers because the peanuts are less likely to get spilled. However, this wouldn’t be a good solution for those with an inhalation allergy. Maybe the ban could extend to all foods when there is a specific request.