Airline Peanuts

Ok, so I am a huge fan of airline peanuts... seriously one of the best things about flying on a plane.

So then I read this article about a woman suing American for serving peanuts on the flight.

First off Many people are allergic to many things. So, according to her logic the only things that should be served on planes are things which NO ONE could possible be allergic too. There goes any in flight food.

Secondly, No one was forcing the peanuts on her child. Her child did not have to eat them or even touch a bag of them. It was not the only option.

This seems like a ridiculous law suit and the reasoning behind it is seriously messed up.

I should not have to go without my peanuts because you are allergic. My eating my little bag of peanuts in my seat in no way affects you. Now should I start pelting you with them, ok, then you can complain.

Now I am not minamalizing or trvializing the child's allergy, the mom is right to keep Peanuts away from her child, but that does not give her the right to take them away from all of us. She notified the airline staff and I assume she was watching her child, that is the way it should be handled.

Had the airline staff then handed him a bag of peanuts then, yes, they would have been in the wrong... but they didn't, so this is just silly.

So, tell me what you think.

The rights of one vs the masses.

Long live airline peanuts!!!!!

(the article is below)

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York woman is suing American Airlines, saying it endangered her severely allergic 4-year-old son by serving peanuts on their flight.

Tehmina (Tuh-MEE'-nuh) Haque (Hahk) says in the Manhattan State Supreme Court lawsuit that airline workers assured her several times that peanuts would not be served. But it says flight attendants did so anyway during the April 18 flight from New York to Los Angeles.

American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith declined to comment specifically on the lawsuit. But he says the company's peanut policy is posted on its Web site.

The policy says the airline serves some foods that could contain peanut ingredients, and might have passengers who bring peanuts on board. It therefore strongly urges allergic customers "to take all necessary medical precautions to prepare for the possibility of exposure."

Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com