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US airline CEOs call on Biden to lift mask mandate on travel
ABC News ^ | March 23, 2022 | Amanda Maile

Posted on 03/23/2022 6:47:44 PM PDT by george76

The group also called on Biden to end international pre-departure testing..

A group of CEOs from all major U.S. airlines called on resident Joe Biden to lift the federal mask mandate on public transportation.

The group -- which includes the heads of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines -- said current restrictions such as international predeparture testing requirements and the federal mask mandate are "no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment."

The group cited .. the lifting of such restrictions in other countries as reasons to do away with the COVID-era policies.

"It makes no sense that people are still required to wear masks on airplanes, yet are allowed to congregate in crowded restaurants, schools and at sporting events without masks, despite none of these venues having the protective air filtration system that aircraft do,"...

In addition, the group said the burden of enforcing the mask mandate has fallen on their employees, saying, "This is not a function they are trained to perform and subjects them to daily challenges by frustrated customers. This in turn takes a toll on their own well-being."

The number of unruly passengers on planes spiked during the pandemic. This year alone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received 961 reports of unruly passengers – 635 of which were related to face masks.

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The letter was signed by CEOs from Alaska Air, Atlas Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, FedEx Express, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, UPS Airlines and Airlines for America.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airlines; mandate; mandates; mask; maskmandate; maskmandates; masks; travel
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1 posted on 03/23/2022 6:47:44 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

What’s taken them so long?


2 posted on 03/23/2022 6:49:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: george76

People aren’t passengers anymore.

They’re cargo.

Still not flying.


3 posted on 03/23/2022 6:49:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: george76

Let people breathe, you power-tripping, demented pretender.


4 posted on 03/23/2022 6:50:33 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: george76

Do it effective immediately or at least by Monday.

I have to fly Tuesday for work.


5 posted on 03/23/2022 6:50:42 PM PDT by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR. Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee.)
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To: Jane Long

Fedzilla has been paying them.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-american-industry/airline-and-national-security-relief-programs

I suspect the gravy train is about to come to a screeching stop.


6 posted on 03/23/2022 6:51:28 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: mewzilla

Note to the airlines: Still waiting for a thank you card.


7 posted on 03/23/2022 6:53:05 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Jane Long

the case is very strong that masks don’t add much, if anything,.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4021799/posts


8 posted on 03/23/2022 6:53:32 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Added bonus: A 1000 percent drop in cases....of “air rage”.


9 posted on 03/23/2022 6:54:04 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: george76

Using those masks to prevent the person to person transmission of an airborne respiratory virus is like using chicken wire to keep out mosquitos.

Those aren’t masks.

They’re muzzles.


10 posted on 03/23/2022 6:55:31 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: george76

end vax requirements. most people’s last vax was so long ago it has absolutely no efficacy today.


11 posted on 03/23/2022 6:59:24 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Jane Long

They see its an election year I guess.

Finger in the wind people who cowered for the last two years.

This is costing them money that’s for sure.


12 posted on 03/23/2022 7:00:11 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Jane Long

I think they’ve tried before, and even some Congresscritters have tried to help, but they always get turned down.

My question: since when did some unelected and unaccountable dim-bulb “health” bureaucrats get to be in charge of all US and world life?

And how can we stop them?


13 posted on 03/23/2022 7:05:05 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius

I think they’ve tried before, and even some Congresscritters have tried to help, but they always get turned down.

My question: since when did some unelected and unaccountable dim-bulb “health” bureaucrats get to be in charge of all US and world life?

And how can we stop them?


They have tried before.

Brandon put a stop to them.

The unelected and unaccountable have been in charge, since the china virus’ Lord Fraudci took the reins.


14 posted on 03/23/2022 7:11:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Nextrush

We’ve cancelled TWO major trips ($$$), so far.

No sweat, for us....we keep our money and don’t have to abide by their absurd mask rules.


15 posted on 03/23/2022 7:12:39 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Nextrush
Finger in the wind people who cowered for the last two years.

I don’t give a damn about the people who cowered for the last two years. Those imbeciles are exactly what we don’t need, now or ever. Gutless, brainless, servile morons. They are the people that drag everyone else into tyranny and servitude with them. To hell with them all.

16 posted on 03/23/2022 7:15:06 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: george76

“A group of CEOs from all major U.S. airlines called on resident Joe Biden ...”

“resident Joe Biden”

ICWUDT...


18 posted on 03/23/2022 7:25:53 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: Levy78

Aargh, why did you let yourself be tormented like that ??


19 posted on 03/23/2022 7:27:45 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: Jane Long

Unelected and unaccountable?

“ A group of CEOs from all major U.S. airlines called on resident Joe Biden to lift the federal mask mandate on public transportation.”

Resident indeed.


20 posted on 03/23/2022 7:30:57 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Todays conspiracy theory is tomorrows spoiler alert." )
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