Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
In this case I'm not too sympathetic towards the family. I feel bad that their child has an allergy, but seems like they put the airline crew on the spot, and tried to put on the usual 'viral shame' campaign against Allegiant. They were accommodated on another flight.
A California man said he and his family recently felt "discriminated against" after they were asked to leave an Allegiant Air flight because of their son's severe peanut allergy.
Kyson Dana, 28, told ABC News the incident happened on Monday when he, his wife Sara Dana and their 1-year-old son Theo boarded an Allegiant Air plane at Provo Municipal Airport in Utah that was headed to San Francisco.
As they were boarding, Sara, 28, told a flight attendant Theo had a severe peanut allergy and asked if "they could make any small accommodations such as not serving peanuts during the flight," Kyson said. He added that he and his wife carried an EpiPen just in case of an emergency and reiterated that "the airline wasn't accountable for anything that could happen."
Seems to me that if you have a child with an allergy that severe the time to address the issue with the airline is when you book the flight, not as you're entering the airplane.
Would not serving peanuts during the flight really matter? What about peanut residue from previous flights?
When flying, I usually have packs of peanut-containing trail mix in my backpack which I snack on during the flight. And even if peanuts are not served and a reason stated, I will continue to do so. Their problem, not mine. People with this problem should not be on scheduled flights. They can drive or charter their own flights.
Would not serving peanuts during the flight really matter? What about peanut residue from previous flights?
When flying, I usually have packs of peanut-containing trail mix in my backpack which I snack on during the flight. And even if peanuts are not served and a reason stated, I will continue to do so. Their problem, not mine. People with this problem should not be on scheduled flights. They can drive or charter their own flights.
How considerate of you. Yes the smell of peanuts can cause severely allergic people to go into a severe enough reaction to kill them, but I guess your snack is more important than another person's life.
How considerate of you. Yes the smell of peanuts can cause severely allergic people to go into a severe enough reaction to kill them, but I guess your snack is more important than another person's life.
All the more reason for the parents (or the afflicted person, if an adult) to discuss this with the airline when booking the flight, not as they are already on the plane (where an entirely innocent person unaware that they are responsible for the welfare of everyone on the planet that might be in their vicinity and should make their personal dietary choices accordingly) and already boarded might be eating a trail mix snack including peanuts.
All the more reason for the parents (or the afflicted person, if an adult) to discuss this with the airline when booking the flight, not as they are already on the plane (where an entirely innocent person unaware that they are responsible for the welfare of everyone on the planet that might be in their vicinity and should make their personal dietary choices accordingly) and already boarded might be eating a trail mix snack including peanuts.
This should have been indeed brought up with customer care over the phone. Numerous shops sell snacks containg peanuts. How do they screen passengers for what snacks they are carrying? The airline made the decision in regards to the childs safety anyway, and the family made it home safely in the end.
It would be nice to contact the airline customer care in advance, but...
Allegiant run a low cost, next to no staff airline, Good luck getting them on the phone to tell them. They have no listed phone number, you can tell them thru there web form, but who know if its will be communicated to the crew.
I have a peanut allergy, Part of the process is to (Re)-Inform the crew when you get on the plane, in case the notice did not get to them. I wipe down all the surfaces around me. The crew announce that this is a peanut free flight and ask the passenger not to eat peanuts,
Location: Was Midvalley Oregon; Now Eastside Seattle area
13,156 posts, read 7,659,168 times
Reputation: 9947
It would seem to me that the Parents should take whatever precautions to safeguard their children. Taking the risk that peanuts are on board a flight and that you are in the transit is an unacceptable risk to the child, the parents, and to the airline.
I normally carry a trail mix, homemade in a loose ziplock, with me to the gym and when traveling. I am not going to wear a sign stating my food preferences other than I like KimChee for breakfast.
YFoodMV.
Such parents should not inflict their hot-house-flower experiments on the general public. However, it is the "audience's" reaction that is part of their psychological payoff... at the child's expense.
For a kid I wouldn't have a issue not eating peanuts. but truthfully I wouldn't want a simple action as opening up a bag of peanuts to harm a person where they could die or be hurt. I can go without peanuts for a few hours. People can't help if they have a allergy. It's not like they can just stop it.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
