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

You prepare in advance obviously! If you’re so ill you need to get home you’re usually in a situation where a ‘fit to fly’ certificate is appropriate.

You don't know he was contagious. DS has severe acid reflex resulting in vomiting, which is exacerbated significantly by anxiety and being autistic he is anxious a lot. He often throws up before traveling. He's not a risk to anyone and there's no cure/ mitigation for it. I'd be incredibly pissed off if we were not allowed to fly.

No one seems to give a damn about other passengers when it comes to allergy safety for those of us gripping our epipens and hoping for this best. Even though it would be easy to make people safer on planes.

This is just unpleasant.

What I have realized is that people only care about themselves.

Couldn't care less. If someone's vomiting they shouldn't be on a flight at all.

If a person is actively vomitting they absolutely should not be allowed on a flight. It's disgusting for everybody involved. Can't imagine why anyone would think it ok.

we were saying on for another week after he was due to fly home so still had our accommodation booked.

Our toddler got ill on the plane 2 weeks ago, he was absolutely fine beforehand and showed no signs of being ill. Then 45 minutes into the flight he was sobbing his heart out and had the most horrific diarrhoea. I felt absolutely terrible for him and also for anyone else on the plane as I definitely would not have taken him if he’d have been unwell and we knew about it. The cabin crew were amazing and so were the passengers in front of us. I ran out of clothes for him and a very kind man gave us his hoodie to at latest keep DC warm.
we ended up seeking medical care and we were almost sent to hospital as he had bronchitis but luckily he reacted quickly to treatment.

But no, I wouldn’t dream of taking a poorly child on an airplane if I knew they were unwell

I agree it’s definitely gross for all involved and really unpleasant to have to sit next to but I agree that while it might’ve been a contagious stomach bug, I don’t think it warrants the family not travelling and having to de-board the plane.

sickness bugs spread at pre-school, school, after school clubs it’s not just limited to being on a flight. You can catch sickness anywhere even when said person is not showing symptoms ie you could be see next to a seemingly healthy person but they could have a tropical disease for all you know.

They also might’ve saved up for years for that family trip and cancelling for a sickness bug probably isn’t covered by insurance I’d imagine - if it was even a sickness bug!

I’m immunocompromised so hate people who travel with something contagious (or visit!) but equally I have a child with allergies that took years to get fully under control due to lots of hidden triggers so unexpected vomiting was an occupational hazard for us for a few years until we got it under control, so I’m sure we used to be judged unfairly.

That’s awful OP. Lodge a formal complaint. Or better still put something on their X or facebook accounts. You aren’t allowed on a cruise ship with those symptoms. There will be people perhaps on that flight with underlying medical conditions or who are immunosuppressed, possibly pregnant women too or even some travelling to see loved ones. Allowing the family to fly was a serious H&S risk. I had to travel to see my Dad when he was dying, if the young lad had likes of highly contagious norovirus that would have robbed me of precious time. How horrible for everyone.

How did you know they had a fever. Did you take their temperature?

Oh my gosh that is truly horrendous, those poor people

Whilst at the airport??

Being very drunk isn’t contagious but you wouldn’t be allowed on a flight because dangerous and very unpleasant for others

even if someone spewing is not contagious, it is still dangerous (could worsen on flight or mean toilets out of action) and very unpleasant for others

They wouldn't, that's kind of my point. Chicken pox (as per OP's example) is always contagious so always a reason to deny boarding. But because vomiting can be caused by all kinds of things, airlines could be on rough ground if they denied someone boarding because they were travel sick or anxious or had a migraine.

Sorry but it’s 💯 not fair on the other passengers. The kid clearly had a fever FFS.

People vomiting + obvious fever BEFORE they board should categorically not be allowed to fly. That’s before we even get onto the decision of the parents to drag the poor child on board regardless. Can’t get my head around it sorry

But how would anyone know if it was contagious or not?

And risk everyone else's health within close proximity and ruin their holidays too? Amazing.... 🙄🙄
Why do you think schools don't allow a child to return for 48hrs after a vomiting episode?!

Well it would depend on whether travel sickness is defined as something medical in the t&cs

But would it pay out if there was nothing medically wrong with you, is my point?

Its called 'thats life' and also what travel insurance was invented for!

Unfortunately gate staff just let people board and the crew have to deal with it. On our last trip with Jet2 gate staff allowed a very drunk, abusive passenger to board. We ended up having to return to the stand to offload, caused delay etc. totally unacceptable.

I wouldn't assume a child vomiting at an airport was necessarily a life threatening contagious illness.
I mean they used to put sick bags in the front of each seat so presumably vomiting on planes couldn't have been taboo until fairly recently?

I wouldn't want to be covered in sick or to smell it but other than that I don't think I'd assume I'd catch something.
It's not pleasant though.

And what about the very very closely confined OTHER PASSENGERS?

I know someone who was offloaded with her kids. They were about to fly from USA to Australia. The son, aged 8 at the time, was rather spoilt (putting it lightly). While waiting to take off, the plane was delayed. The son was thirsty and hungry. As was his normal way, he started begging his mother for a coke and even pinching her firmly when a coke didn't appear. For this family, this wasn't unusual. As part of his tantrum, he escalated to saying he couldn't breathe.

Now, this might sound serious if you heard a child saying he couldn't breathe, right before your long haul flight took off. But if you knew the family, this was a standard tantrum for this kid. When a cabin crew member overheard, they called a supervisor and offloaded the family due to health and safety concerns. Also, further delaying the flight while all of their bags were found. You'll be happy to know that the son was perfectly fine as soon as he got his coke and some food.

OMG, I'm not saying we may have quietly laughed about it, but the family did seem to tighten up on the behaviour of their son after that. I'm pleased to say he grew up to become a very lovely young man.

So, sometimes they do offload families when there are health and safety concerns, even if maybe they're not genuine. Can't blame the cabin crew for not wanting to take that chance.