David (not Ross) said "I suppose you wouldn't want your grandkids to travel to see you if they had peanut allergies."
I can't believe you wrote such a statement - you just don't get it - No, David, I would not be selfish enough to put my grandkids in danger if they had such a severe allergy for the sole purpose for them to visit me. Their health would be more important to me than my desire for a visit from them.
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I think the previous poster is totally missing the point about the inconenience issue. It is apparent that she suffers from the ME syndrome so commonly observed with society today. It is your type of selfish attitude that is destroying this country - The heck with everyone else as long as I have MY way when I want it. Let MY child on the plane. So what if 139 people are affected. May I ask how are you going to control the person that brought on peanut butter crackers?? What would you do if your child had a severe reaction at 38,000 feet????
Shame on YOU of risking your child's life.
"It is now millions of people and airlines need to update their policies." - There was only ONE lady on TWO FULL flights. (One leg of the flight was over 4 hours.)
"Try raising a child with severe food allergies - Sorry for your child's allergy, but if the allergy is so severe, why would you even consider the risk to your child by flying? - The person that affected my flight was not a child but an adult that should have had more consideration of her fellow passengers.
Sorry for being so harsh, I am a mother of 5 and grandmother of 4, so it's not that I hate kids. I personally would not even take the chance and put my child in danger.
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I was on a flight recently RNO-BWI with a stop in Chicago Midway. While boarding I notice a passenger with one of those paper masks on. Passing it off at the time as a germ-a phobic.
When the flight attendents started beverage and snack service it was announced that there was a passenger onboard with a severe peanut allergy and no peanuts would be served on the flight. Next leg of the flight the same announcement was made for that leg also.
I truly respect the decision of Southwest to accomodate these passengers with allergies, but I have a hard time as to why two full flight of 137 each total of 275 people are inconvenienced by ONE person. If this person has such a severe allergy he or she should not take the risk of flying and Southwest should assess their risk of a allergic reaction @39,000 feet.
Just my opinion and do not mean to disrespect anyone.
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