Originally Posted by
Krankenfaren
"most powerful woman in NY"...must have been my mother-in-law. But seriously, I have a a three year old with a severe peanut allergy. We flew with him for the first time on JetBlue a month ago. We called the airline ahead of time and asked that peanuts not be served. We battled with the decision to call (were we over reacting) but it is our son and better safe than sorry. The airline did not have peanuts on the flight, so kudos to them. As a father of a child with this allergy, I never would have given it a second thought before, but now that I have this, I understand in a way. It is life threatening, really it is. Airlines will eventually stop serving them. BTW...what is DWKWIA?
Honestly, I think this is an excellent solution. I have been on a handful of flights and asked for peanuts when the FA came around and didn't have them in his/her hand. 3 times that I remember the FA said "we don't have any on this flight, we have a passenger with allergies" and I was totally happy and content. It seems IF the airline knows, they take it seriously. FWIW - I think you made a good call and clearly there was no confrontation.
My opinion, it would be awesome if DL (and any other airline) would make a general announcement that a pax has peanut allergies and none are available on this flight. It obviously would require parents/pax to inform the airline, but I think a good move and I don't THINK it would be all that difficult to accomplish. Plus - Biscoffs may make a comeback!!!
