Originally Posted by
PhillyPhlyer40
Got a weird one.
Not a total complaint, more of an irritant.
PS flight yesterday. Ended up with a new (VERY) FA non-rev next to me. (Think she was express).
Anyway, nuts came, and the FA put hers down first. (I was in window). She jumped like the FA just threw a copperhead on her tray table, and said I'm highly allergic and can't have any near me.
Well, he went to hand ME the nuts nuts, and she said again, "that's too close, none there either".
Now, we left with open Y space. I was on a PAID bf seat. Am I wrong to feel that she shouldn't inconvenience paying pax over herself? Don't think they serve nuts in Y, and maybe that is better suited to her needs?
Not sure if I should write in. Feel that maybe UA should tell her she can't tell paying pax to "cut the nuts"! Or, ride jump seat? Or y?
First, I agree that you as the paying customer deserved priority over a non-rev.
She could have easily solved the problem by moving to coach.
Second, the "aerosol" threat from nuts has been wildly exaggerated.
See here:
https://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert...e-nut-allergen
https://web.archive.org/web/20090407...81213_Nuts.pdf
Most documented cases of an aerosol threat are from cooking and volatilizing the nut oils containing the offending proteins. Studies involving micro-milling and aerosolizing nut powder have shown a very low antagonistic response rate with normal circulating air environments.