Originally Posted by Axey
I've personally always found it amazing that this entire segment of the population never has a problem flying Southwest
I think that people with this kind of problem have access to literature/websites that warn which airlines (and other service entities) do and do not use peanuts, and therefore avoid Southwest.
Interestingly, last night's episode of "Airline" (the reality show on A&E about Southwest) featured a family travelling with a child who had peanut allergies. The mother seemed to know that Southwest was not "peanut free" and asked the GA for help in minimizing peanut use on her flight. A supervisor than apparantly offloaded peanuts from the plane and specially cleaned the family's seats to minimize peanut dust (a nice move on his part, but I wonder if it would have happened without the cameras present.)