Nut Allergy suffers can NOT board early (draft policy leaked but not in place)
Sep 6, 2018, 9:48 am
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Why can't it be labeled, at least if it contains certain common allergens? (Though I find "may have been produced in a facility...." to be unhelpful). Most consumer packaged goods have labels. In a restaurant you CAN expect the server to either know or be able to ask the kitchen. Why are FA's/the airline exempt from what I would call common sense and courtesy?
Still, the onus of not being served nuts is on the OP not the FAs. As a vegetarian, I ask specifically what is in the meal (at a high level, not whether it has broth that may be meat etc.) so I can decide which one. But again, thats my issue and therefore the burden of effort is mine.
Sep 6, 2018, 12:10 pm
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Sep 6, 2018, 12:27 pm
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I always pack a snack of two for flights over five hours. I have some food sensitivities with dairy and getting sick on a flight, even if it’s just a mild digestive problem, is very unpleasant. The flight attendants are usually very accommodating about identifying whether the food contains dairy products. Only once have I been shut down from selecting one of the standard meals. I usually try to order a special meal but it doesn’t always work out.
Sep 6, 2018, 1:17 pm
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Exactly. Some FAs can't seem to do the most simple tasks. Airline food is not good for you, period. Over the years I've seen seatmate after seatmate not take the meal deal telling me their doctor said airline food is a big no,no. Again if I had health issues I wouldn't be putting my health on the line by a FA that can't remember the seats with the blue coded seat numbers get alcoholic drinks for free.
Sep 11, 2018, 1:25 am
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Yeah, but seriously, it is not needed, like those wheelchairs some people take before boarding that aren't needed when they get off the plane.
This seems to happen more on WN... I just don't get it. There is absolutely no evidence required before you are permitted to preboard if "you need a little extra time"
This seems to happen more on WN... I just don't get it. There is absolutely no evidence required before you are permitted to preboard if "you need a little extra time"
Sep 11, 2018, 4:16 am
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Have to believe that if they adopt a pre-board format allergies policy AA needs to have GAs more strictly enforce who tags along. We already have issues with an entire part of nine wants to pre-board together because one person has a legitimate need. If pre- board eligible then one companion only.
If someone needs to pre-board to wipe down for a child’s nut allergies then no, both parents and the three other kids, aunts, uncles and grandparents don’t need to go also. Can you imagine pre-boarding into / out of MCO? LOL... CK will be the last to board!
Only one person needed to wipe down a seat, install an infant car seat, accompany a pax in a wheelchair. Stop the madness! The entire family doesn’t need to pre-board together anymore than the entire family must sit together. #OnePlusOne
If someone needs to pre-board to wipe down for a child’s nut allergies then no, both parents and the three other kids, aunts, uncles and grandparents don’t need to go also. Can you imagine pre-boarding into / out of MCO? LOL... CK will be the last to board!
Only one person needed to wipe down a seat, install an infant car seat, accompany a pax in a wheelchair. Stop the madness! The entire family doesn’t need to pre-board together anymore than the entire family must sit together. #OnePlusOne
Sep 11, 2018, 5:42 am
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The entire pre-board drill on all carriers (not just AA) has become absurd. What started out as an act of "courtesy" has become an avenue for abuse and scamming. As others have noted, entire extended families and friends are now following the "extra time" pax onto the plane with no effort at control by the GAs.
Sep 11, 2018, 6:04 am
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The entire pre-board drill on all carriers (not just AA) has become absurd. What started out as an act of "courtesy" has become an avenue for abuse and scamming. As others have noted, entire extended families and friends are now following the "extra time" pax onto the plane with no effort at control by the GAs.
As I have stated before, I see this quite a bit at BOM. it seems that almost all the passengers for the flight need extra time to board
unfortunately, the GA are too busy trying to get the plane boarded, so they just let it go.
Does it bother me, no, not really, I just sit back and watch the soap opera of boarding
Sep 17, 2018, 4:38 pm
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Well, then they will claim they all have peanut allergies.
Sep 17, 2018, 4:39 pm
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The entire pre-board drill on all carriers (not just AA) has become absurd. What started out as an act of "courtesy" has become an avenue for abuse and scamming. As others have noted, entire extended families and friends are now following the "extra time" pax onto the plane with no effort at control by the GAs.
Sep 17, 2018, 5:13 pm
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The entire pre-board drill on all carriers (not just AA) has become absurd. What started out as an act of "courtesy" has become an avenue for abuse and scamming. As others have noted, entire extended families and friends are now following the "extra time" pax onto the plane with no effort at control by the GAs.
Sep 17, 2018, 5:21 pm
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Require a doctor note that allergy is severe enough to need wipe down, and that patient has been prescribed epipen. Not that severe? No need to pre board as allergy doesn’t reach the level of disability the airline needs to reasonably accommodate.
Put out the note in file along with the emotional support animal paperwork. New doctor note needed for medical clearance to fly without epipen or ESA. At the cost of epipens these days it’s cheaper to buy MCE than to fake a severe allergy.
Put out the note in file along with the emotional support animal paperwork. New doctor note needed for medical clearance to fly without epipen or ESA. At the cost of epipens these days it’s cheaper to buy MCE than to fake a severe allergy.
Sep 17, 2018, 6:32 pm
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I like this idea - must have (unexpired) EpiPen to preboard due to allergies.
But by by the way, shouldn’t it just be the caretaker/parent that preboards? The whole idea is to clean the area *before* the allergic passenger gets to the seat, no???
But by by the way, shouldn’t it just be the caretaker/parent that preboards? The whole idea is to clean the area *before* the allergic passenger gets to the seat, no???