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!

I was so grateful for how attentive the flight crew were when we last flew (both ways). They came to see us before the flight. Checked our emergency plans and meds and made a very clear announcement.

I wouldn't expect anyone to avoid nuts unless specifically asked to do so. People who don't live with allergies just understandably wouldn't think of it in the same way as those with severe allergies.

Unless asked not to, yes I would.

Not thatong ago they served free peanuts on the plane.
I would absolutely eat nuts on a plane unless told specifically not to.

I've flown a lot over the last two months. On one flight we were warned before boarding and then again during the the safety announcements that a fellow passenger was allergic and so we should avoid nuts. Which we did.

On all the other flights there were no warnings, no announcements and( in business) nuts were served.

Interesting points of view, I'm shocked at how many airlines serve nuts when there are no many alternatives.

My son doesn't have an allergy but one if my nieces does so I am quite vigilant so it's on my radar (pardon the pun 🤣).

I guess all you can control is what you do and I personally wouldn't see any reason why I would need to eat nuts on a plane so I wouldn't bother.

You’re in more danger from using WiFi on the plane.

I usually only fly BA, and they do an announcement (and they otherwise serve nuts in business). Because I know they do an announcement, I would assume if no announcement then fine to eat nuts. If asked not to I obviously wouldn’t eat nuts.

I usually don’t but that’s because I have food allergies and it’s always on my mind.

(as an aside I’m terribly allergic to animals and it has contributed to my anxiety around flying. I wish you could at least request to sit a few rows away from animals on a flight like you can request a nut free flight.)

This. My son has a nut allergy so I’m acutely aware of how dangerous this is.

No, it’s standard practice that someone with an allergy informs the cabin crew and an announcement is made at the gate, during the welcome message and at the start of food services.

Completely reasonable to assume your son didn’t have an allergy given no announcement had been made.

KLM serve lovely bags of peanut and cashews mixed. I quite look forward to them!

That's a really unfair comment. It had never crossed my mind that I shouldn't eat nuts in public places. I don't recall reading or hearing that I should. It's not about not caring, its about people (including me!) not being aware that I shouldn't. I've been on 'nut-free' flights but it's always been made clear that there was someone on board that has an allergy. If they don't make that announcement on every flight then it is bound to lead the public to thinking its ok to eat them unless told otherwise. As we don't have a national ban on nuts on planes, surely it's up to the individual to alert the flight about their allergy if it is so severe that someone sitting a few feet away with them impacts on them.

The only nuts I eat on planes are the ones served to me by the airline, which happens 90% of the flights I take.

I would have not been able to bite my tongue and would have told her to fuck off.

There’s no “need” to drink alcohol or fruit juice or anything in a plane. Equally bread, biscuits or coffee. Sadly allergens are everywhere- I agree with PP that airlines need to stipulate if there is a passenger who may be affected by what is offered but it is extremely hard to police. I am truly thankful that neither I nor immediate family have allergic reactions to everyday foodstuffs as it must be so exhausting and worrying.

If I was asked not to, of course not.

My DC has a child in his class who is severely allergic to nuts. This means the school is strictly nut free, and we are all asked not to give our children peanut butter in the mornings due to risk of trace transfer. (It’s a SEN school so they can neither be relied upon to have vigorously scrubbed their hands, nor to keep classroom items out of their mouths)

If I bring my own, I ask seatmates. Most of my flights have served almonds recently

Theyre the snack of choice served on flights.

no, I don’t get why people would go out of their way to eat one of the only foods that people are so regularly hearing of others having issues with

They don’t go out of their way though, most of the flights I’ve been on recently have served them.

Yes, unless specifically mentioned due to a fellow passenger being allergic. It’s often the only snack or source of protein available in some countries.

I don't habitually snack on nuts anywhere, so I wouldn't. But I would eat whatever I wanted at any given time and if that was a sandwich that contained but oil, something with pesto, a chocolate bar with nuts etc, then so be it.

I thought that they announce it if there is someone on board with a serious nut allergy. I flew earlier this year and bought a bag of trail mix that was one of the menu basics.

Someone with an allergy so severe that someone else just eating nuts in the same room as them puts them at risk of dying surely wouldn't be just taking a chance on others having nuts and flying anyway.

As for those that don't eat nuts in public- well that's just madness, nuts are everywhere in restaurants, chocolate bars, and even growing on the trees on the street! It's so pointless setting yourself rules to protect the hypothetical people at risk when risk is everywhere.

If you have an allergy it's up to you to protect yourself, the whole world can't be expected to be sanitised just incase.

The more we limit exposure, the more we exacerbate allergies for future generations.

Mid contraction I bollocked my husband for opening a packet of nuts without asking the midwife first if she was allergic - but I appreciate that’s OTT to most people (to say the least)!
I wouldn’t eat nuts on a plane, no

OneFootintheHedgehog

As in in everyday life people go out of their way-banned from primary and secondary school here. Mad they’re on planes!!!