Would you eat a packet of nuts on a plane?

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I thought it was widely understood that you don't eat nuts on a plane. The woman next to me just cracked a packet open!

Flew Malaysian this summer and they gave you packets of peanuts with your drinks. That was in economy.

Really? Wouldn’t occur to me.

Why?

There's other people probably eating nuts near you.

Me too. Business class are often served nuts.

Does your son have an allergy OP?

Yes - unless specifically asked not to although it’s fairly unenforceable even then and many things contain nut traces anyway . BA regularly serves nuts as a snack in business .

This so what I don’t get. Whilst I understand the difference in a plane due to air recirculation, bakeries have uncovered almond croissants out all day?

No, I wouldn’t ever choose nuts as a snack to take on board and I wouldn’t eat any product containing nuts if I was asked not to. I don’t eat nuts or nut products at work as my desk-mate has a severe allergy. It’s not a hardship, I can’t understand why people get so worked up about simply not eating a particular thing for a few hours.

If it’s an issue for your son, at a minimum, I would have thought that you’d have mentioned it to her and the flight crew.

Or that the hypothetical person with an allergy would have.

I thought they only banned them if there's a person with an allergy on the flight. There was an announcement on my last flight (earlier in September) that there were no nuts or nut products because of someone with an allergy.

Ive heard messages not to eat nuts on flights , but otherwise I've eaten nuts on a plane with a glass of wine.

Yes I would. I think you can buy them on the flight sometimes? If I was asked not to I wouldn't, of course. A flight I was on a couple of years ago was a nut free flight.

As a nut allergy sufferer. You’re in an out of a bakery pretty quickly, and there’s air flow
I also think there’s a risk of cross contamination, especially to those with severely allergies.
Also limited emergency medical care on a flight

Planes are better, they have HEPA filters. There's very little evidence that airborne nut allergies are even an issue on aeroplanes...

Yes, unless I was specifically asked not to, in which case I wouldn’t.

I should say they wouldn’t be my snack of choice anyway.

There's airflow and hepa filters on planes...

I wouldn't get worked up about it, I'm not especially bothered either way, but if there's no one on board with an allergy then surely it isn't a problem?

No, I definitely wouldn't. Crisps, pretzels, crackers. But not something that will probably have an effect, even a minor one, on someone on the plane.

Yep, flew last year and was served a bowl, with a nice glass of champagne. Very nice.

My dd is ANA to nuts. We are allowed to board flights first and have to wipe down the trays and seats ourselves. Most airlines are great with putting out an announcement about nuts.. Emirates however refuse to do this. For those that say they’ll continue to eat nuts on a plane when asked not to, I hope you never have to see your child struggle to breathe with a collapsed lung or worry that the person next to you in the cinema opens a pack of M&Ms. It’s absolute HELL. But I hope you enjoy your 90p pack of dry roasted.

They wouldn't be banned, just a polite request to not eat them.

I've eaten peanut butter sandwiches in a "nut free" flight before. 🤷‍♀️

Does your son have an airborne nut allergy?

I've definitely been given nuts on an economy flight quite recently.

Years ago I wouldn’t have really thought about it but having witnessed anaphylactic shock and now with one of my DD’s friends with a severe peanut allergy I wouldn’t

Do you eat and drink dairy products in public? In the office?