4 ms·
Indeed. I love dogs too but happen to be allergic. As are a lot of us. Boggles my mind that this is just not even considered by either airlines or pet owners, w
by NikolaNovak 7y ago
Indeed. I love dogs too but happen to be allergic. As are a lot of us. Boggles my mind that this is just not even considered by either airlines or pet owners, when bringing them into closed-air-circulation system where we're trapped like sardines for many hours :<
I was seated next to a person with a small furry dog, who proceeded to tell me how hypoallergenic (marketing thing - no such thing) it was as I proceeded to sneeze and leek the entire flight :<
- azinman2 7y agoI’m sure you could have asked to have been moved. Ironically they won’t serve peanuts if anyone is deadly allergic.
- mcchew 7y agoIronically? Peanut allergies tend to be leagues worse than pet allergies, not that the latter should be discounted completely.
- pb7 7y agoIt's exceedingly rare for airlines to even have peanuts as an option for this reason (maybe never?). Do you remember any recent examples where they had them?
- dawnerd 7y agoFairly recently with southwest. Delta seems to have switched to almonds instead - which IMO are better. You're lucky if you get any snacks though these days.
- pb7 7y agoI fly relatively frequently across a wide array of airlines and even before this discussion noticed the stark absence of peanuts. I can even picture the red Southwest branded packet of pretzels as the “default classic” option. Hmm, interesting. Edit: Can confirm, no more peanuts on Southwest either: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/09/southwest-airlines-is-getting-rid-of-peanuts.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/09/southwest-airlines-is-gettin...
- dawnerd 7y agoWeird, definitely got a pack of peanuts a couple months ago from SW. Wonder if they were just using up their stockpile then...
- joegahona 7y ago> You're lucky if you get any snacks though these days. Or the snacks are pointless. On a recent delta flight they handed out baby carrots from a bag.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- azinman2 7y agoI get nuts all the time on Alaska and I think American, but perhaps no peanuts.
- kortilla 7y agoAirplanes aren’t closed-air circulation systems. Air is pulled in from the outside and heated before being injected into the cabin which releases air to the atmosphere directly through openings on the aircraft. You get more fresh are on airplane than you do in the airport you were sitting in before you boarded it.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoIIRC it's 50% recycled to save money
- maxcan 7y agoHow would that save money?
- sowbug 7y agoProbably the cost of heating -50°F air to cabin temperature.
- Eikon 7y agoWouldn't that be heated with waste engine heat?
- JshWright 7y agoIt's heated using waste heat from the engines (jet engines generate a lot of heat...)
- sitharus 7y agoHeating isn't a problem, cooling is. Most aircraft use "bleed air" from the compressor on the engine. That air is extremely hot (>150°C), so it requires a lot of cooling. Aircraft air conditioners are known as "packs" or "air-cycle machines", as they don't use any refrigerant, just compression/expansion and heat exchange with the outside air. This is also why you can smell oil and jet fuel when the engines start. Air isn't recycled in to this system because the cabin pressure is too low, but air already inside the cabin is circulated around to avoid it stagnating.
- maxcan 7y agoFor what its worth, nothing about commercial airplanes is a "closed-air-circulation system". The air is continually refreshed from the outside at a rate of about 20 times per hour. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34708785/ns/travel-travel_tips/t/airplane-air-not-bad-you-think/#.XijqT0OIZ24 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34708785/ns/travel-travel_tips/t/a...