Would you eat a packet of nuts on a plane?

Oh totally - I only fly with allergy friendly Airlines (easyJet best in my experience) and get Special Assistance so I embark first, wipe down seat and area, announcement is made etc, so everyone is aware well in advance.

I just meant in response to: I know someone with a severe strawberry allergy, she carries an epi pen. This is what needs to happen for nut allergy sufferers.

The vast majority of us do carry epi pens, but if anaphylaxis happens at 40,000 feet, medical attention is still needed even after two pens.

No it's perfectly normal to eat nuts anywhere.
What is all the fuss about?

I wouldn't, out of considering for others. There are so many alternatives out there, why risk others?

If there is someone with a allergy on the plane I'm not gonna take the "oh well get over it" kind of response. Because they can die

Rather irrelevant surely to the thread?

Some people have jobs or lives which necessitate lots of international journeys.

Common sense would suggest this is one of them.

I assume you'd also warn the airline ahead of time you are seriously allergic? Or ask a person next to you not to eat them?

I understand epi pens are not everything, of course, there is an element of personal responsibility here which the OP doesn't seem to acknowledge.

Why are you flying all the time?

Tui flight.

Some airlines do (or certainly did) carry Epipens.

I'm on a low carb diet, nuts are one of my staples and I always have some in my bag.

Of course if the flight crew announced that no one should eat nuts, I would comply.

But I wouldn't pro-actively avoid eating them.

Sorry, just read my post back and realised I wasn't specific - should have read "nut anaphylaxis" rather than "nut allergy". Apologies!

My child must be in the 1% who doesn’t. Her allergy isn’t anaphylactic though. And it’s to cashew and pistachio. She gets the tingly lips and itchy throat and feels sickly. We have had the testing and we’re only offering antihistamines to carry. We try to avoid but in the early days hadn’t realised that certain pestos for example contained cashews so having had pesto in one place with no reaction she had a reaction somewhere else. Same with curry - school curry is nut free so when my mum offered my DD curry she had some as she liked it and then had a reaction. Realised that all curries from takeaways contain cashews. I’m not a curry eater so hasn’t realised this as I don’t buy it at home.

Epipens don’t always work. Even when they do the reaction can come back later. That’s why you’re advised to go to a hospital after having an anaphylactic reaction.

Maybe then it should be that airlines carry an EpiPen as part of their first aid kit - seems a much easier thing to manage rather than policing passengers

Yes

Actually, many nut allergy sufferers are not prescribed EpiPens. In our area, they are usually only prescribed if there has been a previous episode of anaphylaxis or if the patient also has asthma. So it is very possible to have a diagnosed allergy but only carry antihistamine (and reaction severity varies, so people in this position can still have an anaphylactic reaction).

How exactly would a ban work though? Let’s face it there is enough to do in security to prevent terriorist attacks how on other would you police it?

You can’t ban traces of nuts and you certainly can’t put nut allergies as being worse than sesame say. And quite a few things have nuts cereal bars for example.

there is an argument that airlines shouldn’t serve nuts and move to crackers and pretzels as that is fairly easy to do but stopping passengers bringing on - no just isn’t workable

and an easy way to let them know someone has an allergy

Are you referring to the girl who sadly died after she ate the mislabelled sandwich?

I saw the girl that died on the plane got 2 EpiPen shots but still died as she'd consumed too much

99% of nut allergy sufferers will carry epipens (I've accounted for the maybe 1% who are daft and don't). They aren't a magic bullet, biphasic reactions can happen and they don't always work, and the last place you want to be if it doesn't work is at 40,000ft, which is why just carrying an EpiPen isn't enough.

I often/used to have peanut M&Ms but wouldn't open if asked not to. Now I'd prob play safe and not have them on me at all. But thats my personal choice, they're not banned.

Not surprised, most of the popular western airlines have some form of allergens policy but outside of that it's widely variable and a lot depends on the national culture of the airline.

Thats why I mentioned upthread that people can't assume there's a worldwide standard policy when it comes to things like announcements and eating or not of peanuts on the aircraft.

Yes, we were two weeks ago - well in a packet in our case, in economy! Yes, everyone ate them as far as I could see!

It was a country, where peanuts are used frequently in cooking. I doubt anyone could go in a restaurant and avoid them. They were even in the hotel breakfast buffets.

If I was asked not to eat peanuts (either by the flight crew or by one of the people sitting near me), of course I wouldn't eat them - but if no-one objected, I would eat the nuts.

No, it's up to you to let the airline know or the people in your vicinity. It is not up to the woman next to you on the plane. I would eat nuts unless the airline had specified there was someone on board with an allergy.

I know someone with a severe strawberry allergy, she carries an epi pen. This is what needs to happen for nut allergy sufferers.

My son has an egg allergy, a bit different, but it is my responsibility to plan ahead.