No nuts please!
Apr 8, 2019, 9:20 am
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Apr 8, 2019, 9:32 am
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I'm an A&E doctor... Full blown anaphylaxis is terrifying. And for those with the most serious reactions it kills... Quickly. After all this: https://www.theguardian.com/society/...and-label-laws occurred on a BA flight.
Having said that, this is only risk reduction. It is easy to think of many situations both on and off an aircraft where potential contact could occur.
I had a nut ban on a KUL-LHR sector last year. Plenty of grumbles which was particularly saddening.
Out of interest, one for the cabin crew who frequent this forum, how many epipens are carried on an aircraft medical kit?
Apr 8, 2019, 9:37 am
#19
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We had this to Zante last year (both there and back, so probably the same passenger...) we’d picked up sandwiches, some of which contained pine nuts. I asked the crew, who subsequently asked the passenger if we were able to eat or not. I’d almost bought one containing peanuts, which makes me wonder what would happen if I hadn’t been able to eat it on the flight... (I get really grumpy without food!)
Apr 8, 2019, 9:37 am
#20
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Yep. These have got to be the worst snack items BA has served in quite a while. Maybe I'm in a minority, but these just have no taste to me. So happy to abstain ... the packet usually goes back to the crew intact anyway!
Apr 8, 2019, 9:43 am
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second to the wasabi peas!
Apr 8, 2019, 9:48 am
#22
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My 4 year old has a severe peanut and tree nut allergy so I am very sympathetic- for domestic US travel we look for airlines like JetBlue with no nuts in their service. It’s not just the recycled air, as someone previously mentioned it’s the person two flights before that ate peanuts and sat on them crushing into the seat. I find airlines here in the US pretty accommodating, letting us board early and wipe down all surfaces with Clorox wipes. Typically then the row in front and behind gets a request not to eat them, rather than a whole plane full. It’s definitely getting more common - and if something happens it’s very scary.
Apr 8, 2019, 9:48 am
#23
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There should be no issue to not consume nuts if it means the health of a fellow passenger.
Does BA have a specific policy and procedure regarding these announcements? Do passengers with allergies have to provide advance notice? Does the cabin crew check to see if they are carrying epi-pens?
I know on Air Canada they will implement a "nut buffer zone" if notified in advance and the FAs are very strict about seeing epi-pens and requiring they be stored close at hand and not in the overhead. Does BA do the same?
Does BA have a specific policy and procedure regarding these announcements? Do passengers with allergies have to provide advance notice? Does the cabin crew check to see if they are carrying epi-pens?
I know on Air Canada they will implement a "nut buffer zone" if notified in advance and the FAs are very strict about seeing epi-pens and requiring they be stored close at hand and not in the overhead. Does BA do the same?
Apr 8, 2019, 9:50 am
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and to reply to traumadoc and his epipen question, we always carry multiple. I think they’d be a question of liability if administered and something went wrong/it didn’t work (again a US perspective and thinking about how litigious things are here...). Happy to stand corrected.
Apr 8, 2019, 9:51 am
#26
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Sorry but I find that attitude very 'Daily Mail' like. An arguement against banning nuts on flights with people who might die from it being the never-ending realm of possible things that could be banned (which, btw, I would imagine be rather low once nuts are taken off).
And frankly I don't know where it ends - certainly I would never grumble about giving any food up on a plane if it meant someone survived the flight to the other end.
And frankly I don't know where it ends - certainly I would never grumble about giving any food up on a plane if it meant someone survived the flight to the other end.
Apr 8, 2019, 9:54 am
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That is not why people in Japan wear surgical masks. In many Asian countries, if someone wakes up with a cough or a sore throat and thinks they may have a cold coming on (or similar) they wear a mask so they don't pass on anything. Not for personal protection. I find this very polite and I wish more people in Europe would do the same.
Apr 8, 2019, 10:13 am
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and to reply to traumadoc and his epipen question, we always carry multiple. I think they’d be a question of liability if administered and something went wrong/it didn’t work (again a US perspective and thinking about how litigious things are here...). Happy to stand corrected.
The dose in a epipen is only just over half the dose that would be given in A&E or an ambulance.
Worse case is that you give it someone not having an anaphylactic reaction, it which case they might feel a bit funny but won't do any harm.
Apr 8, 2019, 10:16 am
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I think it fine... feel sorry for people that have to go through this and besides
BA nuts are well terrible.... why can BA just use salted and roasted and stop being too fancy
BA nuts are well terrible.... why can BA just use salted and roasted and stop being too fancy
