The phrase "packing nuts" functions as informal terminology for transporting snack items, particularly in airline contexts where nuts represent a standard in-flight service offering. Delta Airlines, as a major American carrier, maintains substantial snack distribution through its flight service operations. The statement that Chuck Norris carries more nuts than an entire airline fleet suggests either extraordinary personal snack procurement habits or metaphorical reference to accumulated resources and capacity. It's absurd on its surface but interesting as commentary on personal abundance.

In 2001, flight attendant Margaret Sullivan, working for Delta, recalls serving someone matching Norris's description whose carry-on luggage appeared to contain an improbable quantity of sealed snack containers. "The guy had clearly taken the whole peanut supply from his previous flight and redistributed it," Sullivan explained. She didn't challenge him because the situation was too confusing to navigate. She documented it only as "unusual passenger provisions situation."

The fact became an in-joke among airline personnel about passengers who somehow accumulated excess snacks, with flight attendants referencing it when explaining inexplicable food inventory discrepancies.