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!

People don’t dip their fingers in tea and spread it all over the plane.

Has anyone said they’d continue to eat them even when asked not to? I’ve seen lots of people replying to say they would eat them UNLESS asked not to?

If someone has a severe life threatening allergy, they inform the flight crew - cue announcement on board asking fellow passengers to not consume nuts.
But if no such announcement is made, then it's fair play. Eat what you like. Your choice. Some choose very smelly stuff!... and for someone sensitive to smells, or pregnant - it's horrible! But no one says 'ooh, how selfish'!
Nuts are nutritious human food. And until they're proven to be and banned as a toxic substance, I don't think we should see them removed from consumption by the majority. I'd much rather see that done to sugar! The bloody stuff is in everything.

No, but they may touch cheese with their fingers?

DS (autistic) can be quite fussy with food so we often make his safe food (peanut butter sandwich) for a flight, especially if we’re long haul. However, I’ve always asked the crew before taking it out of our bag to make sure it’s ok to eat if they’ve not done an announcement. The one time they have announced it, it stayed in a Tupperware in our bag and DS just ate crisps and sweets for the flight

That’s true, but I’m sure in that instance the crew would make an announcement to avoid dairy. Hopefully passengers would respect that keeping someone alive is more important than the mild inconvenience of having to forego a favourite snack for a few hours.

To all of the people who don't care about strangers with nut allergies...

...aren't you worried that if you send one of us into anaphylactic shock that your flight be diverted to get us to the nearest hospital, and it will screw up your travel plans?

If you won't think of us, perhaps you could think of yourselves?

Yep, absolutely. If requested not to, I wouldn't.

Nuts are the only things I snack on, if I’m inclined to snack. BA did indeed serve them the last few times I flew with them, with the most recent being this year. I did indeed have some then, and most likely will in future.

It's impossible to police nuts on planes (or any other transport, or public places). People carry all sorts of snacks on board, including bars of various kinds that might contain nuts, or other products manufactured in facilities where peanuts or tree nuts are processed. Nuts don't always come in easily identifiable packets. A lot of people buy products containing nuts without ever realizing it.

Of course.. i did yesterday. Bought in the airport strangely enough. My flight before that we were asked not to because someone had an allergy.. fair enough

Given they serve them on planes, as I’ve still been given nuts recently, yes, I would. Sometimes they give those packets of rice/seaweed crackers instead which I’ve always presumed was because someone with a nut allergy was onboard?

Heating milk releases airborne proteins.

I would eat them unless there was an announcement telling me not to. How am I supposed to know what everyone is allergic to?

Yes. Both BA and Emirates serve warm nuts in First and Business before the plane has even taken off.
I bought a snack box in the airport onto a flight from SFO two months ago which has cheese and crackers, salami, nuts and dried fruit in it. Didn’t cross my mind not to.

Because not all airlines are Ryanair. All
long haul planes have wifi

Is that because you don't care about others... Or would you refrain if you knew there was a person with a nut allergy on the plane??

People do all sorts of things that are actively and immediately dangerous to their fellow passengers. Nuts are just the only thing that gets attention.

traveling is tricky for me. I’m almost guaranteed to be allergic to any food on the plane. Nuts are a great way to bring protein on a long flight without violating liquids rules and without worrying about spoilage. Yet I certainly don’t want to create risk for other people so I don’t bring them anymore. It leaves me with few options.

frustrating when I know I am not given the same consideration in return.

Only if you're asked not to eat nuts due to other passenger's allergies.

I would absolutely abide by that, it's an extremely minor request and a reasonable adjustment to allow people with severe allergies an equal ability to travel.

I was served them 6 days ago. Recent enough for you?

It would never occur to me not to eat the nuts if they were offered as a snack. If there was someone on board with an allergy, we'd have been asked not to eat nuts. In that case, obviously I'd comply. (In that case, they wouldn't be handed out and I wouldn't eat any of my own.)

If there's no announcement otherwise, I can't see why you wouldn't eat them.

Sure. More than one if it were offered. Why wouldn't I? I hope you're not thinking that no one should partake on the off chance that someone, somewhere might be allergic? By that standard, I would like to ban people who owned cats, to which I'm very allergic, because people might be carrying cat dander on their clothing.

I never heard that before. It wouldn't apply to me because I don't like nuts but I see no reason why others shouldn't have them.

People who fly first class don’t get allergies. True fact.

Lufthansa sells cashews onboard.