<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dallasflyer:
Evidently because of a person with a severe peanut allergy all nuts were banned from this flight. If you look at the many other topics on the AA forum I have no idea why this one is any more on or off topic that others. It is this type of moderation, the apparent premptive strike that I wish we would change. I found the thread interesting and would have liked to have heard others opinions, maybe some from AA folks themselves? I emailed the moderator involved with no response as yet.
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I responded already via e-mail, but here's my rationale for those interested...
I don't consider the possiblity of flaming to be "may". It's a certainly, because uthornsgo's reponses are already bordering on a flame war. This type of discussion happens all the time, whether a passenger's request should be accomodated by others or whether the requestor should just deal with his own problems.
Maybe it's food allergies, or an oversized pax, or children who travel. They are all emotional topics which have little direct relevance to AA or AAdvantage. There will be discussion, but people don't tend to be persuaded out of their existing positions. As such it becomes an arena where people strike a pose and hold it.
Unless the prohibition of all nuts for an allergic passenger is policy for AA, which I know it is not, it's really more of an Omni topic than an FT:AA topic.