On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:54:01 -0800 (PST), Robert M. Gary wrote:

If he eats some he could lose consciousness. He said he was on a
school bus once and some kids in the row in front of him opened a bag
of nuts.

These peanut allergy people really have a tough life as peanut by-products
can be used in just about anything processed. There's a chance that eating
a bag potato chips could set him off if he didn't read the label or the
factory was sloppy in listing their ingredients or cleaning their
equipment.

I would bet the risk of incapacitation is too high in his case for the FAA
to be comfortable giving him a medical. Please let us know how it turns
out, I'm sure several of us are curious.


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Dallas