To: The United States House of Representatives
FORCE AIRLINES TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF AIRBORNE PEANUT/TREE NUT ALLERGIES
Please sign this petition to force artiness to make an informed announcement that a person/child on the flight has an AIRBORNE peanut/tree nut LIFE THREATENING allergy.
Why is this important?
Recently I had to fly with my 9 year old daughter who has a life threatening peanut/tree nut allergy. Her peanut allergy is considered AIRBORNE and has a history of a reaction to being present in a room when a person had peanut butter crackers. I asked the flight attendant to make an announcement to just inform the passengers about her airborne peanut allergy. She refused. I specifically asked again and told her my daughters history and I only asked that she just inform the passengers of her allergy. I also stated that I was only asking to let everyone know, that I was not asking her to tell them not to eat peanut products. Just let them know so they can make an informed decision whether or not to do so. She told me that all airlines do not allow such announcements because of potential law suits of infringing on the rights of passengers to eat what they wish. I responded very calmly that what about the passengers rights to be informed of a life threading allergy ? What if someone did not know and opened a bag of peanuts and my daughter went into anaphylactic shock ? What if they would have easily not opened that product if they had been informed of such an allergy and it could have been avoided? What about the law suite of my daughters life threatening reaction and then the law suite of the passenger because they have to live with that guilt for the rest of their life? What about "your" own guilt at the refusal to make that announcement that could have saved my daughter from a life threatening reaction?
This can all be avoided if they just make an informed announcement Just let the passengers be aware of the LIFE THREATENING AIRBORNE allergy...that is it.... It is that simple. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER...When you are informed, you make better decisions.... period
This can all be avoided if they just make an informed announcement Just let the passengers be aware of the LIFE THREATENING AIRBORNE allergy...that is it.... It is that simple. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER...When you are informed, you make better decisions.... period