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I have had a nut allergy for my whole life and I am not just allergic to peanuts. I am actually allergic to all nuts. I can say from personal travel experience that when people eat nuts on an airplane I feel uncomfortable. I don’t have an airborne allergy but I don’t like the smell of peanuts being eaten around and in close proximity to me, especially when the air is being recirculated as it is in an airplane. I feel that airlines should strive to create the best experience possible and I don’t see how they can do that when I sit in my seat and try to hold my breath for as long as possible in order to avoid the horrible smell of nuts. On a side note, the fact that they only serve peanuts is extremely inconvenient for me because then there is no food for me to eat as I am allergic to it. I think that an overall ban on all nuts and nut products on airlines should be implemented. It would be the easiest and most effective option. I don’t think it should matter that airlines are private companies. That shouldn’t be a deciding factor on whether or not they have to deal with people’s problems. Additionally, there are plenty of other snacks that can be offered on planes. For example, jet blue offers a wide variety of options like chips. Airlines are extremely inconsiderate when it comes to nut allergies. I am very cautious and so are my parents but I have had problems on flights even though we called in advance to make sure that they knew I had an allergy. In one instance, I was served a meal on a Lufthansa flight that actually had nuts in it after we had called them multiple times to tell them to have a separate meal prepared for me. That’s just careless behavior that could have resulted in a very severe reaction had I not taken my medication in time. I think a buffer zone would be ineffective because I can smell people eating nuts even when they are not next to me. I hope that something is done to eliminate nuts for airplanes so that others don’t have to go through the awful experiences I have had.
I have had a nut allergy for my whole life and I am not just allergic to peanuts. I am actually allergic to all nuts. I can say from personal travel experience that when people eat nuts on an airplane I feel uncomfortable. I don’t have an airborne allergy but I don’t like the smell of peanuts being eaten around and in close proximity to me, especially when the air is being recirculated as it is in an airplane. I feel that airlines should strive to create the best experience possible and I don’t see how they can do that when I sit in my seat and try to hold my breath for as long as possible in order to avoid the horrible smell of nuts. On a side note, the fact that they only serve peanuts is extremely inconvenient for me because then there is no food for me to eat as I am allergic to it. I think that an overall ban on all nuts and nut products on airlines should be implemented. It would be the easiest and most effective option. I don’t think it should matter that airlines are private companies. That shouldn’t be a deciding factor on whether or not they have to deal with people’s problems. Additionally, there are plenty of other snacks that can be offered on planes. For example, jet blue offers a wide variety of options like chips. Airlines are extremely inconsiderate when it comes to nut allergies. I am very cautious and so are my parents but I have had problems on flights even though we called in advance to make sure that they knew I had an allergy. In one instance, I was served a meal on a Lufthansa flight that actually had nuts in it after we had called them multiple times to tell them to have a separate meal prepared for me. That’s just careless behavior that could have resulted in a very severe reaction had I not taken my medication in time. I think a buffer zone would be ineffective because I can smell people eating nuts even when they are not next to me. I hope that something is done to eliminate nuts for airplanes so that others don’t have to go through the awful experiences I have had.