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!

Personally no because I don't like nuts.

However it is slightly frustrating how nut allergies are considered worse than every other anaphylaxis allergy. Milk for example... People would complain bitterly about no milk in their tea on a plane, yet it has the potential to have the sane effect.

(I wouldn't eat anything we are asked not to... but it should be announced we'll before the flight rather than at the last moment when people already have items bought for the flight(

Have you been to a café, supermarket, bakery, restaurant etc recently? Nuts at everywhere.

No l wouldn't - l can survive without them for a few hours if it means keeping others safe.

I wouldn’t purposely not have them, unless I was told it was a nut free flight. I probably wouldn’t eat a packet of nuts per se, but maybe I’d have something like a snickers bar. Obviously not if I was told not to though.

Completely normal, however the crew would ensure it didn’t happen if you informed the airline in advance DS has a severe nut allergy.

Sometimes this is the case and passengers are informed and nuts are then not served or permitted.

On the two flights I’ve been on in the past month the cabin crew were handing out bags of nuts before the meal service, so yes I ate them along with I assume 90% of the other passengers

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2451897-risk-of-peanut-allergies-from-air-on-planes-has-been-overblown/

The airline will announce if someone has an allergy to them before your flight takes off.

It's not the air flow it's the need to attend a&e as an emergency due to anaphylaxis if near nuts/eaten peanut protein which can be on surfaces
On land you call an ambulance but you can't do that mid flight
Epi pens only get you so much time, that's why your prescribed two at all times you still need medical treatment asap for a true peanut allergy. The Adrenalin in a single epi pen normally lasts an adult 10-30 mins so if over the Atlantic then thats a maximum of 20-60 mins to get to a&e

Yes absolutely, unless asked not to. I would respect the rules for that flight. I’ve been on a flight where they have announced that someone is deathly allergic to something so have not been serving it.

Yes, my daughter is anaphylactic to milk. So for her village hall birthday party we didn’t serve dairy milk with the tea and coffee (that we provided as a courtesy - we catered the whole thing ourselves) as she reacts on contact and I didn’t want her to have to worry about spillages at her own party. One parent bitterly complained the whole time that we had offered her oat milk instead of dairy milk even when we explained it was to prevent the birthday girl having a trip to hospital.

It’s very restricting but we carry EpiPens and inhalers everywhere. No you can’t prevent it but you can avoid it especially at 35,000ft. It’s so embarrassing for dd but thankfully most restaurants and people are very accommodating. As she starts to be given more freedom and independence we are constantly on edge, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

Nuts and peanuts have the most fatalities from anaphylaxis.

There is an announcement telling people not to eat nuts if there’s someone on the plane with a nut allergy. Otherwise I think it’s ok.

My son carries epipens for his peanut allergy. On a plane, cabin crew made the ‘no nuts please’ announcement for us.
I overheard a parent in the row behind telling her children ‘that means you can’t eat your peanut butter bars kids but it’s fine because we’ve got other snacks’. I can’t tell you how much that meant to us (and I did thank the family when we landed). Just a small thing really as only a short flight but it made a big difference to us.

I do wonder if the people who insist on eating nuts on a plane would be the first to complain if the plane was diverted for a medical emergency …

I wouldn't. There are a ton of other snack options. Why chose something in an enclosed crowded environment that a small proportion of people may have a fatal reaction to.

Oh come off it

I think that part of the issue with people obeying the nut free announcement is that people might not understand because they don’t speak the language, or the microphone is blurry (I often struggle to hear announcements on planes and never know when we’re landing or why we’re delayed) and even if people understand the message and intend to comply, they might forget or not realise that their vegan cheese, or bar of Milka, or pesto, or cake/pastry they picked up at the airport contains nuts. I consider myself pretty clued up on allergens from working in the food industry but I only realised the other day from a Reddit comment that Bepanthen nappy cream isn’t nut free so I’d have happily used it on the flight if our plane was nut free earlier this month without a thought that it might not be suitable.

Of course, unless I was specifically asked not to.

Alot if Asian airlines issue them as standard with tge ore dinner drink shortly after take off.
I was based in KL 2018 and 19 a flew Malaysian Airwsts lots both back and forth to the UK but also on domestic and short haul in that region. Nuts were issued EVERY single time.

It maybe suffering now? But doubt it. Other airlines in that region were tge same. Cathay Pacific for sure was another.

Yes I would, I did a couple of weeks ago flying BC with BA.
If there was an announcement I wouldn’t obviously.
However, if I had a child with such a severe allergy I wouldn’t take them on a plane unless I personally had the equipment and training to help them in the case of severe anaphylactic shock.
I just couldn’t take the risk- I think of that young girl who died on a plane from sesame seeds on a Pret A Manger sandwich she took on a plane - like someone said up thread, an ambulance isn’t goi g to get to 30,000 feet in 20 mins.

Yup

I would eat nuts unless asked not to

No, I wouldn’t cos I KNOW I can always eat my nuts later, when I won’t be risking anyone’s life.

Some people! Ffs 🤦‍♀️

Are you a squirrel?

I was half way through an almond chocolate cookie last time the ‘no nuts’ call went out on a plane, that was awkward.