If someone is truely that sensitive, there's no telling where in the world they might encounter some peanut residue, much less on a plane. They should just stay home, or arrange for some other form of travel. Certainly, they should be carrying epi-pens, and other emergency devices.
Do people not realize that every time we ask for such accomodations, we're adding costs and complexities to goods and services? And it's not just those allergic that will pay for this; everyone will pay for this.
And you can also bet that this won't stop with peanut-free zones, we'll next have to consider meat-free zones, and organic-only zones, and kosher crackers, and who knows what else.
How about a “No Farting” section?
The boy I mentioned is doing well. In the intervening years, he has learned to live very carefully. He is in college now and carries an epipen.
Yet, even with all his precautions, danger remains.
I’m not arguing for or against removing peanuts from flights. Rather, my post was to shame those hateful and uninformed posters who implied that peanut allergy is not a serious issue.