Peanuts on Airlines
CNN reports: “The return of peanuts to the snack menu at Northwest Airlines this month has prompted a spasm of protests from travelers with allergies.”
What Northwest Airlines says.
What does FAAN have to say? Essentially, file a compliant.
Allergic Living's helpful airline chart.
A recent plane/nut experience from Elizabeth Landau of CNN.com.
And this Allergic Girl asks: what about those of us allergic to tree-nuts? These peanut bans do nothing for us. Just wondering.
What Northwest Airlines says.
What does FAAN have to say? Essentially, file a compliant.
Allergic Living's helpful airline chart.
A recent plane/nut experience from Elizabeth Landau of CNN.com.
And this Allergic Girl asks: what about those of us allergic to tree-nuts? These peanut bans do nothing for us. Just wondering.
Comments
I have taken a few flights with my grand daughter who suffers with an extremely high peanut allergy, and I am terrified every time I take her on a flight.
Even if all peanuts and tree nuts were banned from further flights, how do you stop passengers from bringing them on the flight with them? It's so ingrained in our minds that flights=peanut snacks, much the same as movies=popcorn!
We would... but it is not going to stop me from getting my allergens in here:
So, ...
I wonder when the airlines are going to ban fish and shellfish??!!!
I think we need to be clear with airlines about what we need. We need a way to alert them of passengers with food allergies in advance. We need to know they are not going to serve a food that someone on that particular flight is allergic to. Flight attendants should announce at the beginning of the flight that there are passengers aboard with (insert specific food) an allergy and that passengers should avoid eating that food during the flight. We should be able to pre-board to wipe down seats and make sure there isn't a left-over peanut butter cup in the corner of the seat.
As a group, we have power. Let's figure out what we want and clearly communicate that.