Allergies and SW airlines
Have you seen this article about the woman dragged off SW airlines? Obviously this wasn't handled correctly and there will be much discussion to come about that similar to the United incident earlier in the summer. My reason for posting however is different. The article mentions that people with life threatening allergies must have a medical certificate to fly. My DS has a peanut/tree nut allergy and has flown SW in the past. Every time I call ahead to alert the airline, but never has a certificate been mentioned. Does anyone else fly SW and know what they are referring to. Do I need to get one of those from my doctor before flying just in case?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...927-story.html
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Allergies and SW airlines
I saw that article today. We have flown SW several times with my DS who is allergic to milk, eggs, and peanuts. I always note it on the reservation and board early to wipe his seat area down. Never needed the mentioned medical certificate. I THINK what happened in this situation is that the woman threw a major fit about the dogs and claimed a life threatening allergy to them. Not having prior notice SW concluded that she should get off and maybe fly on a different flight rather than kicking the travelers with dogs off the flight. Then she refused to deplane calling into doubt how serious her allergy really was if she was willing to stay on board with the dogs. Then they said, you just told us you'd die if you flew with them so get off or show us proof that you won't die after all.
DS is pretty seriously allergic to dogs and I frequently struggle with this increasingly dog friendly world, but in this case I think this lady was a bit of a wackadooodle.
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