To be amazed this family were allowed on the flight (Ryanair)

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We were flying with Ryanair last week to go on holiday.

Before boarding the plane, we heard them calling cleaners to our boarding gate. As we got closer, there was a young boy who had been sick all over the floor. He clearly had a fever and wasn't well at all.

We boarded the plane, and you guessed it, the family were sat really near us. Before the plane even took off, he was sick 2 more times.

During the flight, he was sick every hour. The Mum said 'it is such a shame he has a bug at the start of our holiday'.

I am just amazed that he was allowed to fly when visibly unwell with a sickness bug.

I am absolutely amazed we didn't catch it but I bet other people did. I thought it was SO unfair that he was allowed to fly, potentially infecting so many people on that plane and ruining holidays people have looked forward to all year. I know kids aren't allowed to fly with chickenpox, so why can they with a sickness bug?

To be honest I don't think I would want to take my child on a plane if they were vomiting.

No - that’s not the alternative. Pregnant women prone to vomiting take evidence of pregnancy - if visibly pregnant, you’re foolish if you don’t take a fit to fly letter anyway.

Not if they’re going to puke and ruin the flight for others… nope. Get the ferry

Each case would be individually assessed.

In this case it seems that the boy and his family should not have been allowed to fly.

How do I know that you’re gripping your epi pen and how do I know what your allergic to?

Im also very surprised. There are signs everywhere saying they can say no to boarding if youre ill. Poor little boy too.

Because many people will openly eat nuts and not care.

If he’s chundering throughout a long flight… what about the poor passengers seated inches from him

But there’s lots of allergies. Why single out peanuts?

I think a small child who looks unwell and is vomiting multiple times is quite different to a pregnant woman who looks queasy. And tne airline could question her and if she tells them she’s pregnant, their risk to take.

Clearly this kid was not pregnant.

The flight crew make an announcement asking passengers to refrain from eating peanuts etc.

That's utterly grim. Airlines ought to be required to automatically change your ticket to 24 hrs later, and meanwhile ban vomiters from flying. I wonder what the staff associations/unions think about this (cabin crew and cleaners).

Yes mine did last week

I became quite unwell on a flight once, I had an ovarian cyst rupture likely due to pressure changes on take off. Within 20 minutes I had been sick and was in a heap on the floor where the cabin crew sort food. I'm sure there were probably passengers panicking but I was removed asap to the back of the plane.
It was a horrible horrible experience, and I was horrified about being sick the most.
But I wouldn't board a plane if I knew my DC was ill, it's not even about stopping people boarding for being sick, it's obvious in this case there was strong chance it would be contagious and if they did have a medical condition with a fit to fly they'd have arranged for the child to be seated so they weren't as close to other passengers as physically possible.

I hope that’s not us you’re talking about 😂 Back in 2017 we flew to Singapore. My daughter has stomach issues which make her sick (not infective) and vomited continually for 8 hours. We spent most of the flight in the toilet 🤦🏻‍♀️

I cannot imagine ever getting on a flight with DC that unwell. Poor kid should have been in bed. I would have been too concerned for them and everyone else on the flight.

I can violently vomit over and over and over again if I have cross contamination (or unknowing ingest) one of the many things I’m allergic to. It would present as a sickness bug for sure, and I am always mortified if it happens out and about and I have to use public toilets as I know this is what everyone around would be thinking.

Not everyone vomiting is contagious, as others have said.

Yes genuinely if someone became ill whilst in the air, of course that is just bad luck and you would suck it up. It was the fact he was so obviously unwell before even getting on the plane and had vommed everywhere. The chances her, a young kid being sick and looking very unwell is a sickness bug.

Problem with that is there's no guarantee of there being seats next day....especially for a family group in holiday season.

That means nothing. 🤣

I’d imagine it’s because many children get nervous and anxious which can cause vomiting in extreme cases, also obviously travel sickness once in the air is common. If they refused to let them on the plane you can imagine the furore if it wasn’t a bug… It’s grim though, I agree and I mostly feel for the child who must have felt awful.

My 8 year old will likely vomit on the plan at the start of our holiday next week. (We are travelling by plane)
He has gastro-intestinal issues that are caused by an inflamed duodenum. We have his diagnosis printed out, but to the layperson, my son would look very sick. In actuality, his being very very excited will cause the inflammation to flare and he will be sick. Not his fault or anyone else’s and he takes meds etc but they cannot stop it.

I tend to wear a face mask on a flight out to avoid bugs!!

My DS2 has bad acid reflux which causes him to vomit. He is also autistic and has extreme anxiety so pair this with the reflux and he is likely to puke. We are flying soon so I will be armed with a sick bag! I do make it known if people give me funny looks that it's not contagious!!

one off or throughout flight?

So you're quite ok with the fact your DC could be vomiting throughout the flight? What about the people around you having to hear and smell it?