The DOT is correct to consider allergies like this a disability. Having several food allergies, including peanuts and tree nuts I am dismayed by the number of airlines that give out peanuts as snacks. Thankfully, my peanut allergy is not life threatening-yet. The more you are exposed to an allergen the worse the allergy can become. I also have the issue, being a woman, that my allergies are becoming worse as I get closer to menopause. I am supposed to quit my job because i cna no longer fly? Should my employment prospects be limited to those that never need me to travel (unlikely in today’s world).
I know Delta serves peanuts as I travel to and from Detroit on Delta. I was really surprised to learn this as I didn’t know until I was on the plane and in the air. I mean really, shouldn’t they tell people before they pay for a flight?
Oh and the two row minimum around a person with a peanut allergy is a joke. Someone with a peanut allergy is not going to be protected by that!
Here’s the thing with letting airlines decide-why should I be limited in my modes of transportation because of the airline providing an optional snack? Or a passenger bringing them on board?
I’m I to seek employment that doesn’t require travel? Am I not to visit my relatives? Maybe the peanut free flights aren’t on an airline I can afford or that is traveling to a place I need to go.
The ADA is about equal access-not about what’s easy for others. banning peanut and tree nuts from air travel is not a hard or obtrusive thing to do.
Your argument is like the people parking in the disabled spot for a second as they run in to get the pizza. “It’s only for a minute”
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…flight? They can’t pick them up at the grocery store?
If someone is going to potentially die because of a food allergy on my flight I’d gladly give up my bag of peanuts or anything else for that matter.
pixel97-Hopefully, you’ll never find out personally. A server allergy to anything can result in death. And its a death where you suffocate to death within about 10 to 20 minutes. And its hell for the person suffering as well as those around them who are helpless to do anything.
I too have issues with the lack of healthy appealing food on flights. I have many food allergies (including peanuts) and have trouble getting items through TSA security. It’s a real pain.
I’m flying in the morning and I’m trying to find things I can bring through that will allow me to eat healthfully on a cross country flight.
I wish they’d let me bring my portable protein drinks with me.
The DOT is correct to consider allergies like this a disability. Having several food allergies, including peanuts and tree nuts I am dismayed by the number of airlines that give out peanuts as snacks. Thankfully, my peanut allergy is not life threatening-yet. The more you are exposed to an allergen the worse the allergy can become. I also have the issue, being a woman, that my allergies are becoming worse as I get closer to menopause. I am supposed to quit my job because i cna no longer fly? Should my employment prospects be limited to those that never need me to travel (unlikely in today’s world).
Please ban peanuts from air travel.
I know Delta serves peanuts as I travel to and from Detroit on Delta. I was really surprised to learn this as I didn’t know until I was on the plane and in the air. I mean really, shouldn’t they tell people before they pay for a flight?
Oh and the two row minimum around a person with a peanut allergy is a joke. Someone with a peanut allergy is not going to be protected by that!
Here’s the thing with letting airlines decide-why should I be limited in my modes of transportation because of the airline providing an optional snack? Or a passenger bringing them on board?
I’m I to seek employment that doesn’t require travel? Am I not to visit my relatives? Maybe the peanut free flights aren’t on an airline I can afford or that is traveling to a place I need to go.
The ADA is about equal access-not about what’s easy for others. banning peanut and tree nuts from air travel is not a hard or obtrusive thing to do.
Your argument is like the people parking in the disabled spot for a second as they run in to get the pizza. “It’s only for a minute”
Is it really that important for a non-allergic person to eat peanuts on their… more »
If someone is going to potentially die because of a food allergy on my flight I’d gladly give up my bag of peanuts or anything else for that matter.
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It should be part of the rule. As many times as I have flown, I can’t remember a single time someone brought their own bag of peanuts on board.
But this way, if they are banned, you prevent some allergic person from potentially dying because someone is a selfish jerk.
pixel97-Hopefully, you’ll never find out personally. A server allergy to anything can result in death. And its a death where you suffocate to death within about 10 to 20 minutes. And its hell for the person suffering as well as those around them who are helpless to do anything.
Banning nuts is not a hard thing to do.
Well, how many people avoid flying because of their allergies and not being able to control the environment they are in?
King Slav- Your ignorance and selfishness is amazing.
Okay-but medication doesn’t stop it, prevent it, or help the person who cannot breathe.
How can this many people be this dense?
Oh well, by all means, lets wait until we have an epidemic of allergy related deaths on planes before we attempt to answer this question.
I wonder how you would react to someone suffocating to death next to you on an airplane.
I too have issues with the lack of healthy appealing food on flights. I have many food allergies (including peanuts) and have trouble getting items through TSA security. It’s a real pain.
I’m flying in the morning and I’m trying to find things I can bring through that will allow me to eat healthfully on a cross country flight.
I wish they’d let me bring my portable protein drinks with me.