People With Nut Allergies Allowed To Board Planes Early
These airline policies regarding peanuts are driving me nuts!
First of all, they took away my peanuts. I can’t even get them on Southwest, which created clever advertising campaigns around the slogan “were you can fly for peanuts.”
And now, one airline is allowing passengers with peanut allergies to board their planes early.
What!?!?
This is a status accorded only to veterans, the disabled, families with children and those who have paid for the privilege.
Yet, American Airlines has announced that it will allow people with a peanut allergy to board flights early so they may wipe off their seats before other passengers arrive to their seats.
Heck, I think I’ll claim I have a peanut allergy so I can get myself settled before anyone else. When I get on the plane I’ll pull out a hand towel and run it over the seat a couple of times, just in case a flight attendant is watching me. You know, I’ll fake it.
And do you think I would be the only person to do this – ha! It will be abused more than those with service and support animals.
I may also tell the airline gate agent that I have some other allergy that requires special privileges. I’ll say I’m allergic to pretzel dust (Delta has replaced peanuts with pretzels). How about cookie crumbs?
And why stop there? I’ll say I’m allergic to that obese person who has the seat next to me, the parent with the screaming baby who never does anything to stop their kid from crying and to anyone who brings smelly McDonald’s food onto the plane. (That last part is pretty much true!)
By the way, the percentage of people who have a peanut allergy is something like 3%. I know, I looked it up one time.
If the airlines are going to be caving to everyone who has some type of little problem then we’ll never get off the ground.
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