Temporary Flight Deck Mask Policy
01-07-2022, 02:04 PM
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01-07-2022, 02:47 PM
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01-07-2022, 02:49 PM
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01-08-2022, 02:35 AM
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They posted this bulletin yesterday:
Effective immediately Alaska Airlines is implementing new mask policy to reduce / prevent high-risk COVID19 exposures. The Omicron variant now accounts for approximately 95% of positive cases in the U.S. and is having significant impacts on our nation’s critical infrastructure, Alaska Airlines is instituting this temporary policy for the remainder of January and will re-evaluate on or after January 31st.
Effective January 5th, 2021, masks will be worn at all times by all employees in the indoor/office work environment, including in the simulator and all other locations at the FTC. In the Flight Deck (FD)masks will be worn:
• Anytime the FD is open either on the ground or in the air.
• Anytime a Flight Attendant is in the FD either on the ground or in the air
• Anytime either pilot expresses a desire to have masks worn in the FD.
o In this case, the expectation is that masks will be worn unless you are actively eating/drinking, having difficulty communicating on the radio or fogging of prescription glasses causes a potential safety risk.
Effective immediately Alaska Airlines is implementing new mask policy to reduce / prevent high-risk COVID19 exposures. The Omicron variant now accounts for approximately 95% of positive cases in the U.S. and is having significant impacts on our nation’s critical infrastructure, Alaska Airlines is instituting this temporary policy for the remainder of January and will re-evaluate on or after January 31st.
Effective January 5th, 2021, masks will be worn at all times by all employees in the indoor/office work environment, including in the simulator and all other locations at the FTC. In the Flight Deck (FD)masks will be worn:
• Anytime the FD is open either on the ground or in the air.
• Anytime a Flight Attendant is in the FD either on the ground or in the air
• Anytime either pilot expresses a desire to have masks worn in the FD.
o In this case, the expectation is that masks will be worn unless you are actively eating/drinking, having difficulty communicating on the radio or fogging of prescription glasses causes a potential safety risk.
01-08-2022, 02:40 AM
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And the headsets that most people use on 737’s don’t do the same thing? Taking off a headset and getting a full face mask over prescription glasses definitely cuts into the quick don time. Oh the joys of being 50+ and flying the 737…. cant hear without a headset and can’t see without glasses.
So we should just compound the problem with something else to worry about while rapidly becoming hypoxic. This is some sound judgement right here. Why don't you add a ball cap while you are at it.
01-08-2022, 06:15 AM
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…… so now I have to wake from a deep sleep, ensure that I don’t lose my place in my book, take off my hat, remove a porous cloth mask, remove my headset or at least get the boom mike out of the way, and then put on a full faced O2 mask without knocking off my glasses. We’re doomed. I don’t wear a mask one second longer than I have to because they drive me nuts and fog my glasses, not the threat of adding one second to donning the O2 mask. If a rapid depressurization is such a threat, we should go back to wearing a mask if anyone leaves their seat.🙄
01-08-2022, 06:31 AM
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01-09-2022, 01:47 PM
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