I have been on many a flight in the past couple of years, where someone boards the plane, and informs a flight attendant that they or someone they are travelling with has a nut allergy. The reaction from the Airline Staff is usually that they can make an announcement, but can't stop anyone from eating nuts... Well that all may change in the next month on Air Canada operated flights because of a recent ruling from the Canadian Transport Agency!
So without going through the ruling in this post, I will summarize what happened. Two complaints were filed with the CTA which claimed that the claimants, because of their allergies are being discriminated against by Air Canada. In order to determine if this was the case, the CTA first had to determine if an allergy is a disability. Although they determined that all allergies do not make a person disabled, they would rule on a case by case basis whether a person with allergies could be disabled. They found that in these cases, the individuals were disabled, and have determined that Air Canada, must create a nut-free buffer zone for passengers with nut allergies.
