Flight attendants unions say the coronavirus requirement should be federally mandated, not left up to individual airlines.
Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines are the latest companies to mandate that passengers must wear protective face masks while flying to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“Things have changed rapidly in just two or three weeks,” American Airlines President Robert Isom said in a call with journalists on Thursday while discussing efforts to mitigate the coronavirus’ spread. “As we take a look forward with sanitizer, we see ample supplies. With masks, it is a logistical issue of getting inventories to the right place, but we have sufficient quantities for our team.”
Flight attendants unions have been pushing federal officials to make passenger masks a federal requirement. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents 50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines, sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar last week calling for the mandate.
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