Originally Posted by
airforcefamily
This is interesting to think about. It was phrased as ‘we ask that you refrain from consuming foods you may have brought on board with you that contain peanuts or tree nuts’.
Is this a friendly request like ‘we ask that everyone remain seated until we have completed our beverage service’ or is it an explicit instruction like ‘all passengers must have their seatbelt fastened and tray table secured for landing’?
It's ambiguous, but arguably falls under "federal law requires passenger compliance with posted placards, lighted information signs and crew member instructions." It boils down to how much of an issue the flight crew wants to make of it, since this does constitute a "crew member instruction".