Airlines risk the lives of passengers suffering from nut allergies.
The warning comes via an English study.
- Airlines must take this risk seriously, says Dr Jane Lucas.
She is an allergy specialist and works at Southampton General Hospital in England.
Dr. Lucas emphasizes that airlines do completely different emphasis on how they treat passengers with allergy problems.
In the study, men and women with exceptional problems including how they were treated by the cabin crew on board.
A passenger who described their problems and asked that no other nearby were served peanuts was just a comforting coat over the arm of a flight attendant and said:
- Poor you!
Another who also pointed out the severe nut allergies was served with a salad - walnuts!
- The study demonstrates that although these allergic individuals will do anything to protect themselves, they risk their lives airlines because they do not take the risks seriously, says Jane Lucas.
- It's scary to see how the airlines differ on this, and even within a single airline's various routes.
One example is Air Canada a few years ago decided to introduce nuts free buffer zones on board after some difficult incidents. Peanuts were banned completely on all flights, but not cashews and almonds.
But to create such a buffer zone, the passenger in question told by at least 48 hours before departure, and preferably also able to present a medical certificate.
Another problem is that the aircraft is a closed air space and persons with severe nut allergies (or perfume allergy) can suffer from "airborne allergies."
SAS and Ryanair are two other companies that no longer serve peanuts on board. SAS also has a ban on open-bought perfumes board.
Swedavia, a government group that owns and operates eleven airports in Sweden, has strict rules for allergy sufferers because some airlines still serve peanuts.
Travelers are asked to provide information about their allergy problems when booking and then also at check-in. Ideally, the passenger shall have a letter, both in Swedish and English, about their problems and what the consequences might be.
The passenger then gives the letter to someone from the cabin crew and ask the captain to have read it, in order to avoid exposure to an allergy shock aboard.
The warning comes via an English study.
- Airlines must take this risk seriously, says Dr Jane Lucas.
She is an allergy specialist and works at Southampton General Hospital in England.
Dr. Lucas emphasizes that airlines do completely different emphasis on how they treat passengers with allergy problems.
In the study, men and women with exceptional problems including how they were treated by the cabin crew on board.
A passenger who described their problems and asked that no other nearby were served peanuts was just a comforting coat over the arm of a flight attendant and said:
- Poor you!
Another who also pointed out the severe nut allergies was served with a salad - walnuts!
- The study demonstrates that although these allergic individuals will do anything to protect themselves, they risk their lives airlines because they do not take the risks seriously, says Jane Lucas.
- It's scary to see how the airlines differ on this, and even within a single airline's various routes.
One example is Air Canada a few years ago decided to introduce nuts free buffer zones on board after some difficult incidents. Peanuts were banned completely on all flights, but not cashews and almonds.
But to create such a buffer zone, the passenger in question told by at least 48 hours before departure, and preferably also able to present a medical certificate.
Another problem is that the aircraft is a closed air space and persons with severe nut allergies (or perfume allergy) can suffer from "airborne allergies."
SAS and Ryanair are two other companies that no longer serve peanuts on board. SAS also has a ban on open-bought perfumes board.
Swedavia, a government group that owns and operates eleven airports in Sweden, has strict rules for allergy sufferers because some airlines still serve peanuts.
Travelers are asked to provide information about their allergy problems when booking and then also at check-in. Ideally, the passenger shall have a letter, both in Swedish and English, about their problems and what the consequences might be.
The passenger then gives the letter to someone from the cabin crew and ask the captain to have read it, in order to avoid exposure to an allergy shock aboard.
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