The federal government is expected to once again renew mask mandates on airplanes, the largest union of flight attendants says, according to Bloomberg.
“We have every expectation that the mask mandate will be extended for the near term,” the Association of Flight Attendants said in a statement. “The conditions in aviation are the same. Our youngest passengers do not yet have access to the vaccine.”
The current mask mandate is set to lapse on March 18th after being extended three times.
The mandates on aircraft have been a source of growing angst among passengers. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has found that of 5,981 onboard disputes last year, 72% were related to masks, and so far this year, 65% of unruly passenger incidents were related to masks.
It isn’t clear when the extension of mask mandates on airplanes will be announced, though the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has announced previous extensions several weeks before being officially implemented.
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For as long as the health experts advise it they should keep mandating it for however long
So the narrative has changed yet again. Follow the science. Covid is now, only spread on airplanes. Not in supermarkets, houses of worship, libraries, bodegas, spas, Superbowl, weddings, etc… Every State has lifted the mask mandate. Biden/Fauci/Walensky are telling the free world that ONLY on airplanes can one catch Covid, and that wearing a dirty 3 cents disposable mask will prevent that from happening. And even then, it’s only spread when one is not eating, but if he’s eating a meal or a snack then Covid doesn’t spread. Aha. I see the logic there. Science is amazing. All those years in Medical School (when he wasn’t fighting in Vietnam) has made Joe Biden a genius.
Fauci admitted that masks on planes are worthless but that mandating it is a good incentive to get vaccinated.
So people who are aware that the vaccines are useless, and in some cases dangerous, should be inconvenienced to the point that they can’t fly otherwise.
Wake up! Any vaccine that’s effective and safe does NOT need to be coerced.
@stevinn
Your an idiot! And a liberal and you can be a sheep and follow what these evil liberal people are doing!! You are wrong and stupid!!
The flight attendant union is pro-masks, unfortunately.
For as long as the (PEOPLE LISTEN) health experts (WILL) advise it they should keep mandating it for however long
SAYS THE CDC DIRECTOR.