Would you eat a packet of nuts on a plane?

All the airlines sell nuts on board. Also there are people with shellfish, egg, milk and other food allergies that also cause anaphylactic shock but if we were to ban everything that someone could be allergic to then there wouldn’t be much left.

No, as a rule, unless served on the plane, I don’t because I assume it could be a nut free flight. I don’t eat nuts in any enclosed space (don’t send them to gymnastics with dc, don’t eat them on the train, etc).

Do you eat fish or chicken in public? The mere smell of those things makes me want to vomit. Don’t eat or drink dairy? People can die from those things too. What about driving a car? So so selfish what about those with breathing difficulties?

i will continue to eat nuts in public thanks, they are ago of healthy source of protein, esp when you’re vegan

I can guarantee, despite your virtue signally you’re doing things every day far more damaging and dangerous than eating nuts

Never, but then I’m well aware of the reasons why not. There was an article recently about someone who was eating pistachios and chucking the shells on the floor of the plane. Selfish for so many reasons! I couldn’t find the image as I saw it on FB but doing a search online there are plenty of similar stories.

So in answer to your question, no I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t need to hear an announcement, I just wouldn’t.

I frequently get nuts handed out on planes as snack from cabin crew.

Unless there is an announcement to say dont then I will eat them if I have taken them on

If it’s terrible to eat nuts on planes then surely the same goes for trains, buses, basically any public space? Soon you’re getting into the territory of nuts just being banned full stop - can’t buy them in shops anymore. Or anything containing nuts, eg Nutella, fererro rocher, snickers. It’s a shame that some people have allergies but the rest of society honestly can’t orient itself around a very small group.
If the woman had started eating a snickers bar would you have been so outraged?

There is no evidence that nut allergens can be airborne.

'Almost guaranteed to be allergic to any food on a plane'? I really cannot believe that that is true. How on earth do you live?

In that case you ( or anyone) could've eaten something containing nuts in airport or before leaving home then got on plane Where does it stop?

'Almost guaranteed to be allergic to any food on a plane'? I really cannot believe that that is true. How on earth do you live?

No it isn't you're right, but it's polite empathetic and sensible.

Can you show me sone examples where people have actually died on a flight due to reaction to nuts others are?! Hear the kind of thing you are spouting every now and again but never heard of any actual proof

If you say so. Have a good day.

Does your son have a nut allergy? If so you should have said, if not…then you are being very precious! We can’t live our lives this way…as an allergy sufferer myself (milk) I don’t police others, I simply look out for my own wellbeing.

I really think the onus is on the allergy sufferer (or their parent) NOT the general public, to keep themselves safe.

There is no evidence that nut allergens can be airborne. The concern should mainly be from residue left on the seat and table, not the air ventilation system.

Was last on a flight over the summer. There was a specific announcement at the start telling flyers to NOT eat nuts. If there was no announcement, I'd have been eating my "kind" nut bars that we'd bought in boots. I always check in my way onto the aircraft because one of the DCs friends has a nut allergy so I'm tuned into the issue.

I was thinking this - I visit India regularly and nuts are literally everywhere. I don’t think someone with a nut allergy could leave their home…..

Why?
If he'd had an allergy you would have told the crew and an announcement would have been made.

Nuts aren't banned, it's just that sometimes people are asked to refrain due to another passenger's allergy.

No I don’t ever eat nuts in a plane….

I don’t like them so makes it quite easy not to 🤣

BS. You obviously know nothing about allergies and aren’t very well travelled. Please don’t spread misinformation that could be potentially dangerous to someone else.

There has only been 1 documented case of a fatality due to a nut allergy on a plane in history.

I wonder how many QALYs (quality adjusted life years) would be lost globally if everyone was forced to swap from healthy snacks such as nuts to say crisps.

People with severe nut allergies would be wiping down etc themselves.

@Gingercar

"people were fine to eat their own nuts."

I tried this once and cricked my back. 😳

If you're only discussing the question of whether YOU would eat nuts why did point out to me (incorrectly) that I 'managed to survive' a flight without them? And the OP was never about flights where passengers were specifically requested not to eat nuts. I'm not going to derail further but bloody hell your arguments are all over the place.