Question about Protective Mask Use on the Job
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Question about Protective Mask Use on the Job
I've been home since the middle of March and haven't been out on the line (SRL for April and May). Just curious, are pilots wearing protective masks from Parking Lot to briefing? If so, what do you do at Security when they look at your picture? Additionally, what about on the flight deck? Just curious.
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You’ll see a fair of amount of pilots wearing masks. Clearing KCM they’ll have you lower your mask to check against your ID. I wiped down the flight deck and touch points and removed the mask while on the flight deck. Masked up for the ride to the hotel and when out in public.
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You’ll see a fair of amount of pilots wearing masks. Clearing KCM they’ll have you lower your mask to check against your ID. I wiped down the flight deck and touch points and removed the mask while on the flight deck. Masked up for the ride to the hotel and when out in public.
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When FO has flying leg, CA must now quickly sanitize throttles with pre-staged Clorox wipe at V1 before FO touches throttles. If engine fails just after V1 before throttles can be sanitized, either pilot calls “corona failure” to emphasize that in the event of subsequent hull loss, the cause of death for all souls on board should be listed as Covid19.
You don’t even want to hear my new rapid D procedure😜
Seriously, where does this end? If one pilot has it, the other will likely get it. Growing body of actual data detailing the percentage of asymptomatic infections in the population suggests it is widespread but has a lower fatality rate than feared (back towards “its the flu,” but a New/different strain).
Should we have the CA fly every leg or every takeoff to above 2500’ until the throttles can be wiped down with 70% alcohol (now 60% unless you only have a sanicom)? I just don’t think the masks matter...or the temperature checks. Makes some feel better I guess.
You don’t even want to hear my new rapid D procedure😜
Seriously, where does this end? If one pilot has it, the other will likely get it. Growing body of actual data detailing the percentage of asymptomatic infections in the population suggests it is widespread but has a lower fatality rate than feared (back towards “its the flu,” but a New/different strain).
Should we have the CA fly every leg or every takeoff to above 2500’ until the throttles can be wiped down with 70% alcohol (now 60% unless you only have a sanicom)? I just don’t think the masks matter...or the temperature checks. Makes some feel better I guess.
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You’ll see a fair of amount of pilots wearing masks. Clearing KCM they’ll have you lower your mask to check against your ID. I wiped down the flight deck and touch points and removed the mask while on the flight deck. Masked up for the ride to the hotel and when out in public.
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You’ll see a fair of amount of pilots wearing masks. Clearing KCM they’ll have you lower your mask to check against your ID. I wiped down the flight deck and touch points and removed the mask while on the flight deck. Masked up for the ride to the hotel and when out in public.
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This sounds reasonable and likely along the lines of how I'll play it on an upcoming trip. One question though. What did you do with the mask after you removed it in the pit? Did you discard it and grab a new one on arrival, or try to carefully stow it somehow safely not allowing anything to contact the inside, then reuse?
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