News article: Jetblue requires masks on PAX
08-20-2020, 01:16 PM
#31
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My daughter turned 3 last month. Flew Spirit outbound in May and back in August. There was no way she was gonna keep a mask on her face for a 5 hr flight for the entire duration. We're lucky if she keeps it on for anything more than 30 minutes. Kids are kids. This isn't easy. The idea that a 3 yr old will keep a mask on their face for a transcon is ridiculous.
Luckily no one kicked my wife and 2 kids off the plane. That said, my wife feels overwhelmed when traveling alone with the 2 kids. I can't imagine a mom going alone with SIX children!
Luckily no one kicked my wife and 2 kids off the plane. That said, my wife feels overwhelmed when traveling alone with the 2 kids. I can't imagine a mom going alone with SIX children!
08-20-2020, 01:19 PM
#32
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Listen this whole thing(covid) sucks and isn’t fair to anyone. But the truth is we need to be hardliners when it comes to rules. Kids and young adults are walking Petri dishes because they are the least Compliant to CDC regulations in our society. Is there any surprise the NBA players have very little If any positive Covid results?? No! They have a strict social distancing policy(off the court), wear masks and sanitize! No mask No service. It’s a policy at the Wawa gas station and it’s a policy at Jetblue - this is the new normal.
08-20-2020, 01:20 PM
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Listen this whole thing(covid) sucks and isn’t fair to anyone. But the truth is we need to be hardliners when it comes to rules. Kids and young adults are walking Petri dishes because they are the least Compliant to CDC regulations in our society. Is there any surprise the NBA players have very little If any positive Covid results?? No! They have a strict social distancing policy(off the court), wear masks and sanitize! No mask No service. It’s a policy at the Wawa gas station and it’s a policy at Jetblue - this is the new normal.
08-20-2020, 01:29 PM
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I get it. Rules are rules, but the optics on this are terrible. And public sympathy is not in our favor. This is starting to get ridiculous. We’re talking about a 2 year old, and which apparently had a pacifier in his/her mouth. Maybe the FA could have used some common sense and discretely told the mom to ‘do your best’ to keep a face covering on the child....knowing full well a 2 year old is not going to keep that thing on their face for more than a few minutes at a time. We’re trying to keep passengers on the plane. Not kick what few of them we have off the damn thing. Again, public opinion is not favoring ‘rules are rules’ on this one.
08-20-2020, 01:36 PM
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Life isn’t fair. This isn’t about being fair or not. This is a about a PR nightmare when that’s the last thing we need right now. 2 year old violates the new make policy afflicting the 2 year old that had just changed but wasn’t updated everywhere...FAs say do your best, no harm no foul. A big deal is made, family of 6 kids gets kicked off, and I just got a news alert that they may be taking legal action. Regardless of how that plays out, the optics aren’t good, the PR nightmare is not needed when we need every passenger we can get, and we don’t need to pay the legal costs defending ourselves.
08-20-2020, 01:37 PM
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That would work if the entire crew were on the same page, but there is a very militant minority or maybe its a majority that have a deathly fear of catching covid and any slip ups are near literal negligent manslaughter. The chances of getting written up are very high if you don't follow the letter of the law in this. This is on jetblues hands, lets not blame the crew.
08-20-2020, 03:07 PM
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