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To think they should just ban nuts on all flights

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Ijustwantaquietlife · 21/08/2017 15:45

Just reading this and it's heartbreaking, seems like such a simple change to ban nuts on all flights to help protect people.

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4809148/Former-ITV-producer-reveals-shocking-effect-nut-allergy.html

I've heard several people on mn saying they've been on flights where they were banned, seams to make sense as nut allergies are so widespread to just ban all together imo.

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4809148/Former-ITV-producer-reveals-shocking-effect-nut-allergy.html

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Viviennemary · 21/08/2017 16:52

I've been on at least one flight where nuts were banned. It's no great sacrifice for other passengers. So it would seem reasonable to ban them from flights altogether.

penguin1986 · 21/08/2017 16:53

@RaininSummer peanuts aren't nuts they are legumes such as peas
You can be allergic to both.

Jjou · 21/08/2017 16:53

Both ways on a recent flight there was announcement that a fellow passenger had a severe nut allergy, and that no nuts would be served on the flight. Passengers were also asked to refrain from eating nuts/nut products. It's hardly an arduous task to go without nuts for a couple of hours is it?
I don't think it's necessary to call for a blanket nut ban on planes - presumably people with severe allergies will make the airline aware ahead of time, so that particular flight can be sorted out.
The constant recycling of air in an aeroplane cabin would mean that a risk of airborne particles of allergen are a definite possibility: why take the risk?

Straycatblue · 21/08/2017 16:53

The lady in the OP's post who has been left disabled in the article above, was in a restaurant in Budapest when it happened. She was nowhere near a plane.

If this thread relates to the article in the opening post, then why is it not a call to arms to promote awareness in Hungarian restaurants rather than banning nuts on planes?

ShakingAndShocked · 21/08/2017 16:54

My god there really are a few UTTER cunts on here today aren't there?

Actually, scratch that.

There really are a few - beyond fucking thick - UTTER cunts on here today aren't there? If you can't grasp basic theory of recycled air how the fuck can you even manage to work your way round a keyboard to write your entitled, dense beyond description, whine for nuts?

FFS.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/08/2017 16:54

How can people on here argue that airborne particles from peanuts/nuts can't cause an allergic reaction in someone who suffers from this, when there are people on this thread who have seen exactly this happen?

Nuts are a nice snack - I enjoy them myself - but I am not going to expire on the spot if I can't eat peanuts on a plane ride - even a long one.

PoppyPopcorn · 21/08/2017 16:54

There was an announcement on out recent flight to the US that there was a passenger with nut allergy on board and asking us not to eat things like cereal bars and packets of nuts we'd brought with us. We conformed because we're decent human beings.

However not everyone with a nut allergy is affected by others eating nuts close to them. I'm not a fan of banning absolutely everything that people may or may not be allergic to.

ShellyBoobs · 21/08/2017 16:55

The more I read this thread, the more I think nuts should be banned from all flights in the same way that other dangerous items are.

It would soon wipe the grins off the inconsiderate, selfish fuckers' faces when they were caught with a banned item. It wouldn't be something to take so lightly then.

sunglassally · 21/08/2017 16:55

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trinity0097 · 21/08/2017 16:56

I'm fine taking food from the UK when going out, but when on holiday it can be hard to find suitable food to take for the return trip that I can either pack and leave in my case for the holiday or buy abroad that doesn't require cooking. I'm not going self-catering specially just to cook myself some food to take back on the plane.

I also find that in holiday type destinations there is nothing I can really eat at the airport either. I could quite happily take some Atkins shakes to keep me going, but they are bigger than 300ml so no use on the plane.

I guess if nuts were banned I'd have to grovel to the hotel to specially make me some food I could take, e.g. Boiled eggs, but it's a lot of hassle, when some nuts is a perfect food for me!

Happydoingitjusttheonce · 21/08/2017 16:57

Rainin, yes peanuts are legumes. My son is fine with them but not tree nuts. Which is bloody hard when he's also a vegetarian! Grin

SoupDragon · 21/08/2017 16:57

I realise that there are life threatening allergies out there, that's what epipens are for. What about when said person is in the airport, queuing for the flight, dangers are everywhere.

An epi pen is not a cure, it just buys some time to get treatment.

None of the other things you describe are in a metal tube flying at 30,000 ft ŵith no easy means of getting to a hospital are they?

hackmum · 21/08/2017 16:58

"I LOVE nuts but I certainly don't fucking suffer from not eating them for a few hours."

Quite. This thread has really brought out those posters who manage to combine maximum stupidity with maximum sense of self-entitlement. It's rarely a winning combination.

A few years ago, people were allowed to smoke on planes. There was quite a fuss when smoking was banned. And I actually have some sympathy with that (even though I think smoking is gross) because if you're a smoker, going for a few hours without a cigarette is really hard. Now we discover that there are people who walk among us who suffer if they have to go for a few hours with peanuts.

People keep asking what the woman on the telly this morning had to do with the discussion about aeroplanes. Simply this: that her family were lending their support to a campaign to ban nuts on planes after a little boy nearly died when a passenger opened a bag of nuts next to him (contrary to the argument of whichever moron it was above who said that you can't experience an allergic reaction as the result of proximity to nuts).

fatowl · 21/08/2017 16:58

My dd carries an epipen for a cashew nut allergy (not peanut but we always just say no nuts as it's easier)

The level of ignorance on this thread from some posters is astonishing.

Don't get my dd started on the new trend for cashew milk for vegans - death in a bottle as she calls it. She used to be able to eat at a certain restaurant because they were reliably nut free. Now they have gone vegan and everything is full of cashews. I know she is just one person and they've made a business choice, but FFS it was the only place she could eat out.

Abra1d · 21/08/2017 16:58

I love nuts and a glass of wine on a flight but I think it's reasonable to manage without.

Personally I would limit alcohol to a glass of wine per person with a meal. And I would do something to stop the promotion of cheap alcohol at airports so that people aren't drunk before they board.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 21/08/2017 16:58

Sun this creeping allergenic/intolerant minority has us all falling all over them everywhere....Hmm really, can you back up with figures regarding 'falling over them?'

You are an utterly goady twat.

Yes, I know I'll be deleted.

VeryCunningStunt · 21/08/2017 16:59

Nuts are the only food I can buy on a plane

Planes are not the only retailers of foodstuffs. In fact, they offer one of the most limited selections of foodstuffs of all venues in which food is sold. So if you have strict dietary parameters they're probably a really poor choice.
I've heard shops sell quite a wide variety of food stuffs. Not all of them, though. Some just sell clothes or books or sofas.

Happydoingitjusttheonce · 21/08/2017 16:59

Sunglassally I agree re the bandwagon but it's a regrettable side effect of increased awareness of what for genuine sufferers can be a life or death issue.

Toddlers4HenDos · 21/08/2017 16:59

yes ban them on flights.

They are far far far from an essential food.

Mind you it will cause big problems with lots of the lovely Asian menus - not more nuts in sauces, pad thai noodles etc so I can't see all airlines going for it.

But banning nuts as snacks really should be a no brainer.

blackteasplease · 21/08/2017 17:00

I agree. No one needs a particular snack while in the air.

ADishBestEatenCold · 21/08/2017 17:03

"Nuts are the only food I can buy on a plane."

Could you bring something suitable on to the plane with you, trinity0097?

Antigonads · 21/08/2017 17:03

I was explaining to DD how smoking used to be allowed on planes. It was truly grim wasn't it. And I used to be a smoker.

Beggars belief really.

trickster78 · 21/08/2017 17:04

Oh super. More entitled 'what about my NUTS' chat.

My 8yo is allergic to dairy, eggs, peanuts and treenuts. 'Proper' allergic, if she eats any of the above it's epipen time and off we trot to the hospital. Sucks to be her, right? To add insult to injury, my husband accepted a job overseas last year. One of the things we had to consider for this life changing decision would be whether our DD would cope with the flights back and forth to the UK. Obviously she can't eat anything provided by the airline so we take several meals aboard for her. (This is while we're busy setting up our own allergy free airline, thanks for that PP). To date, she hasn't had a reaction on the plane, she doesn't appear to be airborne anaphylactic thank goodness. But th nature of allergies is that you never ever know what the next reaction will look like. So she might be next time, hooray! No, I don't want milk and eggs banned too as they don't tend to be sitting in their own dust which gets everywhere when some idiot 3 g&t's in opens them and it goes everywhere.
But, you know, thanks for the understanding and consideration for your fellow people. Life for her is not as easy as someone with no allergies. And to say that she shouldn't travel and have her life restricted even further is just wonderful.

Using an epipen isn't fun, will probably result in a plane being diverted. What would you prefer? A few nuts or a stopover somewhere unexpected?

Jboure · 21/08/2017 17:05

I read the article but why should they be banned from flights? She reacted after ingesting nuts in a restaurant!

Ta1kinPeece · 21/08/2017 17:05

peanuts are not nuts, they are legumes

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