Mask On or Mask off? You decide or President?

The airplane mask mandate has been extended to April 18 by the Transportation Security Administration, but some don't think that's soon enough. On Thursday, Airlines for America wrote a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to lift the mandate, claiming it no longer makes sense. The letter was signed by CEOs from airlines including Delta, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and other carriers.
However, Biden promised to veto the legislation if it is passed by the House of Representatives after the US Senate voted 57-40 on March 15 to overturn the mask requirement for public transportation.
The federal mandate requires travelers to wear masks on buses, subways, trains, ferries and other forms of public transit. Supporters of the mask requirement have expressed continued concern for the safety of immunocompromised passengers, people with underlying health conditions and those who aren't eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, such as children age 5 and younger.
The current mandate requires all passengers to wear a mask that covers their nose and mouth, with the exception of when they're eating or drinking. Public transportation increases a person's risk of getting and spreading COVID-19 since people are in close contact with one another.
We'll explain what's happening with the April 18 deadline for ending the mask mandate. For more information, here's the latest on states letting mask requirements expire.

My brother has always worn a mask on long haul flights (way before covid) but not on the shorter ones. Having to put in for mask exemptions for folks who simply cannot wear them due to a disability is a lot of work but we do it so these people can fly so, yes, there are more people than you might think already flying without a mask. I have been flying but always end up with a headache from wearing the mask. It's time for it to be a personal choice and others on the flight need to stop judging those who do/do not choose to wear one.

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Originally Posted by MRSDS1DONNA

My brother has always worn a mask on long haul flights (way before covid) but not on the shorter ones. Having to put in for mask exemptions for folks who simply cannot wear them due to a disability is a lot of work but we do it so these people can fly so, yes, there are more people than you might think already flying without a mask. I have been flying but always end up with a headache from wearing the mask. It's time for it to be a personal choice and others on the flight need to stop judging those who do/do not choose to wear one.

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I never wore one on a flight before covid, but I have carried masks on me for over 10 years.
I started after I stayed in a hostel dorm in Moscow, in which all the roommates were sick.

I do hope it does end on the 18th.
I have not done any travel besides emergency travel because I don't wear masks.
Crazy how a few weeks ago, I went into a 19,000 seat arena, and nobody was wearing a mask, but cannot even go on a 50 seat aircraft without one.
Yeah, makes a lot of sense.

Oh well.
It'll probably be the same as the whole "2 weeks to flatten the curve" junk.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/18/flor...it-planes.html

Yes!

Now if they can just get rid of the testing requirement to return to the US.

Exactly!!

LA County of Health has just reinstated (4/22) the mask mandate for public transit. So it's masks ON in area airports, but masks optional once on the airplane. My head hurts

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/c...virus/2876147/

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Originally Posted by isppilot

Now if they can just get rid of the testing requirement to return to the US.

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It would be really nice.

I am traveling soon it will be nice to be makless for 12h. I am tempted to ask the flight attendants if they are ok if I do not wear it, i'll see.

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Originally Posted by Migflanker

LA County of Health has just reinstated (4/22) the mask mandate for public transit. So it's masks ON in area airports, but masks optional once on the airplane. My head hurts

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/c...virus/2876147/

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So we could be at the Super Bowl in LA without a mask, but not at LAX?
They wonder why people are not going for this stuff anymore.

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Originally Posted by vulindlela

So we could be at the Super Bowl in LA without a mask, but not at LAX?
They wonder why people are not going for this stuff anymore.

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About that, yes it was publicly announced that fans attending the Super Bowl would be required to wear masks. However, what wasn’t announced was that fans were secretly trained to hold their breath. So, whenever you saw maskless fans during the game – they were holding their breath. Now I know what you’re thinking, 70.000 people trained to hold their breath ---- exactly, they were really really incentivized. :cool: