Parents of a young boy are suing American Airlines because when they reserved their tickets they explained to the airline that their son was deathly allergic to peanuts and they needed to be reassured that no peanuts would be served on the flight.
During the flight, however the mother got into an argument with a flight attendant who was serving hot peanuts in the first class section.
The parents are both doctors and had a kit with them in case the child went into the suffocating shock. The child was not affected by the incident but mom and dad have decided to hire a lawyer and sue the airlines on the grounds that they violated their sons civil liberties.
My question is if the parents were so concerned about their sons exposure to peanuts or peanut dust they should have taken private transportation. Allergy to peanuts has been deemed a disability and as such, the airlines is required to take the appropriate precautions. The problem is how can they assure the parents that someone wouldn’t sneak peanuts aboard?
I can’t help but feel if that was my child I wouldn’t take the chance of leaving the responsibility of protecting my son from dying to someone else. I think I’d rather drive across the country if a trip was necessary. Isn’t their son’s life worth the extra time and miles?