Airline executive says masks 'don't add much' on flights

The Hill ^ | 12/16/21 | RACHEL SCULLY

[T.B. Yoits]

If this really was a pandemic, air filters from aircraft would have been regularly tested for the Wuhanic Plague. If this really was a pandemic, their would be outbreaks among air crews.

Such tests would have told where and when it was spread. Instead, because no one in government was worried about an actual pandemic, they never checked the air systems and instead announced illegal face-diaper diktats.

[woodbutcher1963]

I could understand why the pilot and copilot would not get sick from the passengers because they are totally separated in the aircraft.

The flight attendants come in close contact with many passengers. They could easily spread viruses.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article:"As noted in Doug’s testimony, we support the federal mask mandate..." Day said.

So...they support an illegal mandate that's already been thrown out by the courts?

I suspect these airlines are having increasing incidents with passengers and can't risk bad press, especially if the individuals involved are from a protected racial class.

[Luke21]

Between the TSA and masks, flying resembles a day in jail. They should pass out jumpsuits.

[Mygirlsmom]

“EVERY last person on any given flight is breathing in someone else’s germs AND then exhaling theirs to everybody else in there - mask or no mask.”

Fortunately, that’s a FEATURE for our immune systems, not a BUG (ha!)

I can’t get over how quickly many people got to a place where the expectation has become no one should ever get sick and we have to shield against all germs. That’s not how our bodies were designed.

If it were no one would fly because doing so would have killed entire planeloads of people in one sitting

[consult]

Hand / environmental sanitation + Air purification (via dilution or active with UV or HEPA) is likely the only real way to cut down on viral spreading. Instead, the CDC relies on modeling studies...our weakest form of evidence (50-50 at best and easily biased) to show that masks work.....all the time knowing that real world studies for decades that were randomized and controlled have show no benefit with influenza these studies were done on those who know how to properly use them (healthcare workers...not the mask touching public).

At least it is comforting to know that we are down to the last eight states — California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington — that require people to wear masks in indoor. Interesting that these are mostly the same ones pushing for vaccine mandates.

[faucetman]

“Airline executive says masks ‘don’t add much’ on flights”

Correction:

Airline executive says masks ‘don’t add ANYTHING (good) on flights