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Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone
JamJam writes "Air Canada has been told to create a special 'buffer zone' on flights for people who are allergic to nuts. The Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled that passengers who have nut allergies should be considered disabled and accommodated by the airline. Air Canada has a month to come up with an appropriate section of seats where passengers with nut allergies would be seated. The ruling involved a complaint from Sophia Huyer, who has a severe nut allergy and travels frequently. Ms. Huyer once spent 40 minutes in the washroom during a flight while snacks were being served."
What airline do they serve shrimp? Are the people who are allergic to shrimp have such an extreme reaction that they can't even touch shrimp? Apparently some peanut allergies are that bad. Some people can't even be around peanuts because even the small amount of molecules ejected into the air causes problems.
That is why there was a problem. Airlines like to serve peanuts during flight, and even slight exposure to peanuts causes serious problems for this woman. Then again, some assholes would rather believe other people's medical problems are just "imaginary" so they don't have to deal with it. I've met plenty of those.
It's not like this is a huge inconvenience for other people. The airline just has to give some other snack in that section. I also have a soybean allergy, but not as bad as this woman. Sometimes even being around someone who has used a soy based dryer sheet on their clothes is enough to set it off.
Though, I'm also allergic to jack-booted idiot security theater thugs who have the power of the gestapo. Does this mean they need to make a TSA free zone for me?