The precautions 'are no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment,' they said in the letter.
for international travelers and drop the federal mask mandate on flights, arguing that the measures are no longer necessary as coronavirus infections drop sharply across the U.S.
Before COVID-19 protocols are lifted on planes, a threshold needs to be set for dropping precautions — and another for reinstituting mandates if virus cases start rising again. Airline executives argue that it's time to lift mask mandates because they're no longer required in many other public environments, like restaurants and retail stores, where the risk of transmission is higher.
"Air quality is good on an airplane. However, when you're sitting side by side with someone who has a COVID infection, perhaps someone 10 rows behind you won't contract it, but it won't protect the person sitting next to you," Carnethon told CBS MoneyWatch. "If you roll back every mitigation strategy at one time, you have great potential to see an explosion of cases, and that's risky," she added.
"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 CEOs said.Indeed, testy passengers who have refused to comply with mask mandates have been a challenge for flight attendants. It's also partly why he thinks international travel has yet to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels.
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