I would like to see the airlines stop serving peanuts. Having them not serve peanuts when my children are going to be on a particular flight doesn’t do much for us. If they have served 200 people 200 little bags of peanuts on the 200 previous flights…. – it makes my skin crawl.
We can live with them serving other foods that “may” contain peanuts. It would be nice if they at least had one “safe” alternative for my children to eat – or allow them to bring safe food of their own on the plane with them.
As for the “slippery slope” argument – I don’t buy it. I’ve never heard of anyone having a wheat allergy going into anaphylaxis from some one sitting next to them eating a sandwich. People with food allergies have… more »
…reactions when they INJEST food. The issue with peanuts is that when 200 people open 200 little bags of nuts and all the dust goes Poof! There is enough peanut dust in the air for some one (like my sons) to actually injest the allergen.
As for meds – everyone that has a true life threatening food allergy should be carrying their own epi-pens with them. I wouldn’t think that the airlines are going to want to get into the hassle of giving passengers medicine.
I would like to mention though that on the last flight I was on with my children we payed quite a bit of money on a “snack box” that didn’t have the ingredients labeled on the outside of the box, only to find that most of the food in the box was not safe for my kids to eat. A list of ingredients should always be available to us before we have to pay for food. « less
I would like to see the airlines stop serving peanuts. Having them not serve peanuts when my children are going to be on a particular flight doesn’t do much for us. If they have served 200 people 200 little bags of peanuts on the 200 previous flights…. – it makes my skin crawl.
We can live with them serving other foods that “may” contain peanuts. It would be nice if they at least had one “safe” alternative for my children to eat – or allow them to bring safe food of their own on the plane with them.
As for the “slippery slope” argument – I don’t buy it. I’ve never heard of anyone having a wheat allergy going into anaphylaxis from some one sitting next to them eating a sandwich. People with food allergies have… more »
As for meds – everyone that has a true life threatening food allergy should be carrying their own epi-pens with them. I wouldn’t think that the airlines are going to want to get into the hassle of giving passengers medicine.
I would like to mention though that on the last flight I was on with my children we payed quite a bit of money on a “snack box” that didn’t have the ingredients labeled on the outside of the box, only to find that most of the food in the box was not safe for my kids to eat. A list of ingredients should always be available to us before we have to pay for food. « less