A New Jersey mom is speaking out after she claimed crewmembers on a United Airlines flight refused to accommodate her son's peanut allergy.
A United Airlines airplane makes its way to a gate in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan at Newark Liberty Airport, April 8, 2023, in Newark, N.J.A New Jersey mom is speaking out after she claims United Airlines staff refused to accommodate her son's "life-threatening" peanut allergy during a recent flight.
Mandelbaum, who also runs the food allergy advocacy nonprofit No Nut Traveler, said she'd made similar requests before. During their initial flight to Texas a couple of days earlier, she had a positive experience, which, with other United staffers who accommodated her request to alert neighboring passengers of Josh's allergy.
She said she and her son felt embarrassed and her son asked her to let the request go after she returned to her seat, but the alleged experience stayed with her and prompted her to pay for Wi-Fi on board andWhen contacted by "GMA," United said it is "looking into this incident" and shared its allergy policy, which is also.
Mandelbaum's complaint also claims her alleged experience and others like it suggest "a pattern or practice of discriminatory treatment of passengers with food allergies and those who advocate on their behalf." She is seeking a finding that United violated disability discrimination laws, a fine and mandatory training for employees.
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