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I thought this was interesting that there is a law forbidding the Department of Transportation from restricting the serving of peanuts aboard aircraft unless a peer-reviewed study determines that serving of peanuts causes severe reactions among airline passengers.

The peanut farmers must have a very good lobby.

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peer-reviewed study instead of a passenger poll?

What if ............ someone didn't know they were allergic?
What if ............ they got ill and someone tried to Heimlich them and broke a rib that pierced their heart?
What if ............ dozens of well-meaning people rushed to help and someone got trampled to death in the crossfire, I mean stampede?
What if a dozen people with allergies all gave the victim a shot with their Epi-pens all at once overdosing him?
I think they should just ask the doctors who patrol the airplanes; I'd "feel safer" with more better trained doctors aboard.
(If none are aboard, the pilot can radio ahead to the next airport and they'd have a pretty good "response time" .... maybe.)

RPB wrote:peer-reviewed study instead of a passenger poll?

What if ............ someone didn't know they were allergic?
What if ............ they got ill and someone tried to Heimlich them and broke a rib that pierced their heart?
What if ............ dozens of well-meaning people rushed to help and someone got trampled to death in the crossfire, I mean stampede?
What if a dozen people with allergies all gave the victim a shot with their Epi-pens all at once overdosing him?
I think they should just ask the doctors who patrol the airplanes; I'd "feel safer" with more better trained doctors aboard.
(If none are aboard, the pilot can radio ahead to the next airport and they'd have a pretty good "response time" .... maybe.)

Now your sounding like the anticarry people. I do understand your statement.

Even if the government can't ban peanuts, that doesn't mean that the airlines will serve them. I am sure for liability reasons they wont go back anymore anyways. Not to mention the cost of delaying a flight/making an emergency landing, and the associated costs with ground crew at the place where they had to make the emergency landing. Plus additional fuel costs, plus legal defense.

Skaven wrote:Even if the government can't ban peanuts, that doesn't mean that the airlines will serve them. I am sure for liability reasons they wont go back anymore anyways. Not to mention the cost of delaying a flight/making an emergency landing, and the associated costs with ground crew at the place where they had to make the emergency landing. Plus additional fuel costs, plus legal defense.

I am glad that they don't serve peanuts any more. Those huge bags that they passed out just filled me up.

WildBill wrote:

Skaven wrote:Even if the government can't ban peanuts, that doesn't mean that the airlines will serve them. I am sure for liability reasons they wont go back anymore anyways. Not to mention the cost of delaying a flight/making an emergency landing, and the associated costs with ground crew at the place where they had to make the emergency landing. Plus additional fuel costs, plus legal defense.

I am glad that they don't serve peanuts any more. Those huge bags that they passed out just filled me up.

The tiny bags of pretzels give me peanuts envy.