Paris on TWA

get a french/english: english/french dictionary for travelers.
bring lots of food on the plane for your child and you to eat.
request that no nuts be served, if thats not possilbe, request they not be served in your area. bring lots of epi-pens just in case.

Hello,

My personal comfort level does not permit to allow my 7 year old PA son to eat up to 1 hour before flight and certainly not on a flight. I know the flight to Paris will be at least six hours but if you book a later flight so he will sleep and not want to snack that would be my way to go. Everyone has their own comfort level and if you feel comfortable feeding your four year old "safer" snacks that is your right. I just feel nervous flying anyway and if there are other passengers eating peanuts around and God- forbid your child begins showing signs how would you rule out if it may be because of the "safer" snack (nothing is ever 100% safe) or the peanut dust circulating in the aircraft. We flew Air Canada to Heathrow without incident this past summer. There current policy is the do not serve peanut/ peanut products on any of their flights BUT they can not guarentee other passengers would not bring any to consume. Try to sit as close to the front of the aircraft as the ventilation systems generally filter the air to the back of the aircraft and out.( the less passengers in front= the less chance of peanut bags being opened and filtering back at you.) I don't want to put a downer on your vacation plans just want to express my concern. Have a safe holiday!

Here's a list of French terms [with my rendition of their English pronunciations - apologies to any phonetic experts out there]:

arachide ["ARA-SHID"]=(peanut)

huile d'arachide ["WHIL DARA-SHID"]=(peanut oil)

cacahouette ["KA-KA-WET"]=(peanut/jargon)

cacahouett