To be amazed this family were allowed on the flight (Ryanair)

Food poisoning is (or can be) contagious. E-coli for example is passed on in vomit / poo.

If the child’s family knew it was sickness bug then I would agree they probably should have cancelled the holiday.

But …. I once boarded a flight with horrendous morning sickness. Puked twice before boarding and during the flight. I had to fly, it was a family emergency.

My youngest DC puked at the airport and we boarded the flight - but in her case I was 99.9999% certain she wasn’t ill and it was a one off - delayed flight, I had let the kids have too many snacks and treats while we waited for hours. Her stomach said no. She puked once, horrendously violently but then was done.

Wow, my customers child threw up three time on the way to Thailand via Doha, they were kicked off at Doha and told to go to a hospital for a fit to fly for the next flight (not literally kicked off but were told they needed a fit to fly and that it wasn’t a bug), it was travel sickness and they put them on the next flight a couple of hours later. I can’t believe Ryan air let them on

Where was this? I’m reminded of the point-and-shoot type thermometers that so many places used in Covid times. I’ve had those pointed at me before I boarded a plane and on arrival.

Ive never flown first class or with any of the more expensive airlines, but I’ve never found Ryanair to be more unpleasant than Jet2, Eastjet, Tui etc. Do you ever travel by bus or cross city trains in standard class? As some of those are pretty horrible.

It's totally irrelevant whether it's contagious or not. It's massively unfair on the other passengers and the cabin staff.

We were flying with Ryanair

And that right there is your problem

The airline let him fly

There is no way anyone on here saying they shouldn’t have flown, not couldn’t, shouldn’t, would’ve got off that plane, left their luggage and missed their holiday. Or tried to get another flight x2 days later. No one.

If the airline let him on they let him on.

Maybe they h couldn’t and didn’t want to lose money

My partner is a Captain, the decision is solely his as the Command. Cabin crew will have alerted the Captain to the sick child, Captain phones a medical number, describes symptoms or diagnoses (if given one whilst on holiday and seen by a Doctor) medics determine if passenger is fit to fly or if not to offload passenger and luggage before take off.

YANBU. It sounds like he was clearly suffering from a bug and shouldn't have been on a plane, for his own comfort and for the health of the other passengers.

I flew into an airport last week that had massive infrared temperature scanning arches everyone had to go through before reaching passport control. There were masked-up staff waiting to intercept anyone showing signs of illness. I imagine if this family had tried flying there they would have been quarantined. Fun for them.

Right so not remotely comparable to full on vomiting and multiple times

Do you actually think that every destination has a daily flight?

I came back from Egypt once and I reckon half the plane had a bug. People vomiting everywhere. Queues for the toilets, attendants putting out of order signs on toilets. I wouldn’t be surprised if several people shit themselves from the smell on that plane. Worst flight ever.

Most likely a one and done thing. He does 4 or 5 if he’s upset about something, but excitement tends to just be one small regurgitation (it’s more liquidy than proper sick if you get me) and then done. I carry proper sick bags too, that have a scent blocker thing to stop the smell coming out.

There are lots of reasons why someone might throw up. Granted, if the parents knew it was a sickness bug in this case, they should have stayed home with their child.

I once flew back from holiday with food poisoning. It was awful. Luckily, the taxi driver dropped me off at the medical centre at the airport. They gave me something to stop the vomiting and allowed me to rest there until it was time to board my flight. It was no fun for me, either,...but I wasn't contagious.

So you're quite ok with the fact your DC could be vomiting throughout the flight? What about the people around you having to hear and smell it?

one off or throughout flight?

I tend to wear a face mask on a flight out to avoid bugs!!

My DS2 has bad acid reflux which causes him to vomit. He is also autistic and has extreme anxiety so pair this with the reflux and he is likely to puke. We are flying soon so I will be armed with a sick bag! I do make it known if people give me funny looks that it's not contagious!!

My 8 year old will likely vomit on the plan at the start of our holiday next week. (We are travelling by plane)
He has gastro-intestinal issues that are caused by an inflamed duodenum. We have his diagnosis printed out, but to the layperson, my son would look very sick. In actuality, his being very very excited will cause the inflammation to flare and he will be sick. Not his fault or anyone else’s and he takes meds etc but they cannot stop it.

I’d imagine it’s because many children get nervous and anxious which can cause vomiting in extreme cases, also obviously travel sickness once in the air is common. If they refused to let them on the plane you can imagine the furore if it wasn’t a bug… It’s grim though, I agree and I mostly feel for the child who must have felt awful.

That means nothing. 🤣

Problem with that is there's no guarantee of there being seats next day....especially for a family group in holiday season.

I can violently vomit over and over and over again if I have cross contamination (or unknowing ingest) one of the many things I’m allergic to. It would present as a sickness bug for sure, and I am always mortified if it happens out and about and I have to use public toilets as I know this is what everyone around would be thinking.

Not everyone vomiting is contagious, as others have said.