Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelevision
This is so silly. I’ve flown several times for work. They serve you food, the seat next to you blocked. Nobody had to tell me to put my mask up in between bites or drinks. My common sense was all i needed to know that was what to do. I also doubt this is true, first, they kicked him off when? Mid flight? Because that’s when the food is served. Did he bring his own food and start eating before take off?
|
I doubt you read the OP correctly. It was prior to take-off, and he brought his own box of twizzlers. Also it was Southwest Airlines; they haven't blocked the middle seats since early March, the flights are packed like cattle cars.
So the airline had every right to remove him for not complying with their rules. However, I think this in between bites masking policy is pretty stupid. Show me a medical study that shows this has any value. Then, since you are in a sardine can with your mouth 2- 2 1/2 feet from the next mouth, do you have to synchronize your bite with your neighbor so no two masks are down at the same time? Particularly hard if you are in the middle seat and have 2 neighbors to synchronize with. In addition, you spend 1 hour plus in a terminal where you better stay 6 feet away from everyone else, until.....you board a plane (translation: airlines make $$$ off packing a plane, terminals do not). Just wait for the chaos when the airlines require proof of vaccination.