Peanuts not served on flight because a passenger had peanut allergy
Dec 21, 2012, 5:46 am
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Yo no hablo inglés. Je ne parle pas anglais. Or whatever other language you want to use...it seems to get the job done. Unless you're in an exit row!
Dec 21, 2012, 7:02 am
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For me the ban on peanuts if a hyper-allergic passenger is on a flight, is NOT the real issue; it is compelling a plane load of people to conform to the problem(s) of a single person.
One similar issue comes to mind:
Should movies/tv programs, which are aired in prime time, have their content geared to the lowest common denominator of their audience, which in many cases are children?
[PS: re peanuts per se, I'm personally NOT a big fan of peanuts, give me pecans any day (they are also, about 8 times the price peanuts
).]
One similar issue comes to mind:
Should movies/tv programs, which are aired in prime time, have their content geared to the lowest common denominator of their audience, which in many cases are children?
[PS: re peanuts per se, I'm personally NOT a big fan of peanuts, give me pecans any day (they are also, about 8 times the price peanuts
).]
Last edited by nrr; Dec 21, 2012 at 7:49 am
Dec 21, 2012, 7:24 pm
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For me the ban on peanuts if a hyper-allergic passenger is on a flight, is NOT the real issue; it is compelling a plane load of people to conform to the problem(s) of a single person.
One similar issue comes to mind:
Should movies/tv programs, which are aired in prime time, have their content geared to the lowest common denominator of their audience, which in many cases are children?
One similar issue comes to mind:
Should movies/tv programs, which are aired in prime time, have their content geared to the lowest common denominator of their audience, which in many cases are children?
Why can't they? It's their plane.
To the airlines, this is basically a business decision and nothing more. If they refuse to ban peanuts for an allergic person, they lose a passenger (and their family). If they ban peanuts, then a whole planeload of people complains, but it's highly unlikely that any of them will stop flying that airline because they weren't allowed to eat their peanuts. Therefore, the airline gets more revenue if they ban peanuts when necessary.
Dec 22, 2012, 1:47 am
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No, they're not. They can request accommodation for their condition as well. That may involve rearranging the seating so that the two passengers are as far apart as possible or allowing one of the passengers to change to an alternate flight.
Dec 22, 2012, 3:47 pm
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Which only works if the announcement is made in advance. Again the problem is not saying no peanuts. The problem is waiting until we are away from the gate to make the announcement when it is too late for others to make adjustments if they are affected by the restriction.