Originally Posted by
beachfan
hard to imagine that the point is still being missed. Folks with allergies or vegetarians HAVE TO ASK. Nowadays, there are rarely peanuts in dishes, but that wasn't the case always, and it could be life or death for those people.
Of course they don't. They are free to bring their own food and simply decline the airline food. Especially if it's that crucial to them.
By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.