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Of course there is no way to verify who really has allergies. Most airlines stopped serving nuts a while ago.
It's now all about overhead carry in luggage space. Who goes in first get the space, when it's all full, the rest of passengers need to check it in.
Airlines are cramming in more and more seats, but the overhead space remains the same, and of course gets full quickly.
It's sucks.
My daughter is 30 and was one of the early peanut allergic kids. Flying was a huge pain and we had to jump thru hoops so peanuts would not be served on flights she was on.
She carried an epipen, benedryl and mask with her and we primarily flew first class so we could board early.
Luckily she never had a problem flying but calling her or other allergic people “special snowflakes” because people with this allergy would like extra time to wipe down their seats is an asinine thing to say. It’s totally different than dipstick people flying with fake service animals which should be banned.
People die and die quickly from this allergy.
Happy to say, she eventually outgrew the allergy in her late 20’s but is still allergic to cashews and pistachios.
The special snowflakes are the fake claimants. I did not intend to disparage those with real and serious allergies.
In this country the rate of severe allergies has tripled in recent years, especially among the Australian born children of Asian immigrants. We actually know about three people whose children fall into this category. One chose to leave her child with the grandparents when she needed to go to her former country for a family emergency. That is not always possible for everyone. There is no consensus on why the rate is going up nor why we have a high rate of asthma.
But airlines do not serve nuts and most schools ban nuts and nut products such as peanut butter and Nutella being brought to school. Most children here usually take a picnic type lunch from home.
I can not see any advantage in preboarding people with allergies but as many allergic people are actually children they would come under the early boarding for families category.
The peanut allergen is found mostly on surfaces, not in the air, and can be removed by wiping them down with moistened wipes. Peanut allergy is a food allergy; the reaction occurs due to ingesting peanut protein, not inhaling it. That is why allowing people with peanut allergy to preboard and have time to wipe down tray tables and armrests is a reasonable accommodation.
The peanut allergen is found mostly on surfaces, not in the air, and can be removed by wiping them down with moistened wipes. Peanut allergy is a food allergy; the reaction occurs due to ingesting peanut protein, not inhaling it. That is why allowing people with peanut allergy to preboard and have time to wipe down tray tables and armrests is a reasonable accommodation.
Thanks Suzy. I've been under the impression that "peanut dust" is deadly for the allergic.
“One of the more common misperceptions we deal with is this concern that peanut dust will somehow aerosolize,” Dr. Matthew Greenhawt, associate professor of pediatrics and the director of the Food Challenge and Research Unit of Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado, said in a phone interview. “Look, if you have a peanut allergy, you absolutely can fly and do it safely. I see too many families that often don’t go on a vacation because they’re scared to fly. It’s robbing them of the opportunity to live their lives.”
And in my mind I was thinking then there's no logical answer!
I don't care if they board early. The plane isn't going to leave until everyone is aboard. I'd rather wait in the airport than to wait in the plane.
Of course, the problem with boarding late is no more bin space. I wish the airlines would enforce the limits on carry-on size.
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