[Hulka]

I mind.

And making ‘just’ a few rows peanut free is control and will result in the entire aircraft being peanut free. The airlines can’t risk a stewardess making a mistake and giving the darling a peanut.

To be clear, since you missed it: “What did people do ABOUT PEANUT ALLERGIES when flying in, say, the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s. . .etc?”

[lonestar]

I mind.

I wouldn't mind giving up peanuts.

I mind fat people hanging over into my space.

Bottom line...we all have different "minds."

[miss marmelstein]

The peanut allergy is a fairly recent phenomenon. While I'm sure there have always been people who have peanut allergies, this kiddie peanut stuff only started back in the 1990s, I think. Then it was completely blown out of control by parents and the media.

[Pollster1]

To be clear, since you missed it: “What did people do ABOUT PEANUT ALLERGIES when flying in, say, the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s. . .etc?”

A close friend's brother died of a peanut allergy in the 1960s. I watched the ambulance leave, although I was outside and didn't see him eat whatever it was (I've forgotten some details), but that's what they did back then. I'm still not sympathetic to the mother - she should protect her child by not boarding a plane if peanuts are that dangerous to her child - but i am well aware of just how severe these allergies are. BTW, the friend's son also has a severe peanut allergy, and he takes no unreasonable chances.