Nope. A few minutes later, a flight attendant comes to my seat, with the gate agent following behind, to tell me that I have to put a surgical mask on top of my respirator. Seems like the gate agent must have come aboard specifically to ask the flight attendant to do this.
When I tell her that my respirator does not have a valve, and is allowed by airline policy, she says that she can’t determine whether or not it has a valve, and asks me whether I’m willing to comply with her request. I say “yes” as I’m afraid of the consequences of saying no. They leave but I don’t put on the mask immediately. I use my phone to try to find the airline mask policy page and a description of my respirator that says it does not have a valve.
Before I succeed in doing so, the flight attendant comes back along with a second flight attendant to ask me again to put on the surgical mask. I try to make my argument to the second flight attendant but he tells me the same thing, that he can’t determine whether it has a valve or not. This time I do put on the mask as I don’t want to cause an incident. I now look ridiculous and feel uncomfortable (as the ear loops of the surgical mask are stretched too tight over the respirator and hurt my ears).
So the plane takes off, and I sit there trying to figure out what to do. I think of a new argument, “if flight attendants aren’t able or allowed to determine whether a respirator is valved or not, why does the mask policy specifically allow respirators without valves?” I remind myself to control my emotions and tone of voice. I find the airline mask policy page on my phone. After the flight finishes taking off and a third flight attendant walks by, I make my case to him again, and after a bit of back and forth, finally convince him to allow me to take off the surgical mask. Success! My faith in humanity is restored! /s
An attendant yelled at him to take it off and put on a surgical mask.
He pointed to the surgical mask he had on under the P100. So he was in every sense complying with the mask mandate. He just had a bonus mask on top of it.
Attendant kept yelling.
He kept violently agreeing to wear the mask he was already wearing.
Attendant yells more.
??? Unclear what happened here, he used some jedi mind trick that made him too hard to argue with while simultaneously being too agreeable to kick off the plane ???
Friend boards plane wearing stupid surgical mask and his P100
Nothing?
Nope. A few minutes later, a flight attendant comes to my seat, with the gate agent following behind, to tell me that I have to put a surgical mask on top of my respirator. Seems like the gate agent must have come aboard specifically to ask the flight attendant to do this.
When I tell her that my respirator does not have a valve, and is allowed by airline policy, she says that she can’t determine whether or not it has a valve, and asks me whether I’m willing to comply with her request. I say “yes” as I’m afraid of the consequences of saying no. They leave but I don’t put on the mask immediately. I use my phone to try to find the airline mask policy page and a description of my respirator that says it does not have a valve.
Before I succeed in doing so, the flight attendant comes back along with a second flight attendant to ask me again to put on the surgical mask. I try to make my argument to the second flight attendant but he tells me the same thing, that he can’t determine whether it has a valve or not. This time I do put on the mask as I don’t want to cause an incident. I now look ridiculous and feel uncomfortable (as the ear loops of the surgical mask are stretched too tight over the respirator and hurt my ears).
So the plane takes off, and I sit there trying to figure out what to do. I think of a new argument, “if flight attendants aren’t able or allowed to determine whether a respirator is valved or not, why does the mask policy specifically allow respirators without valves?” I remind myself to control my emotions and tone of voice. I find the airline mask policy page on my phone. After the flight finishes taking off and a third flight attendant walks by, I make my case to him again, and after a bit of back and forth, finally convince him to allow me to take off the surgical mask. Success! My faith in humanity is restored! /s
My friend wore a P100 on an airplane.
An attendant yelled at him to take it off and put on a surgical mask.
He pointed to the surgical mask he had on under the P100. So he was in every sense complying with the mask mandate. He just had a bonus mask on top of it.
Attendant kept yelling.
He kept violently agreeing to wear the mask he was already wearing.
Attendant yells more.
??? Unclear what happened here, he used some jedi mind trick that made him too hard to argue with while simultaneously being too agreeable to kick off the plane ???
Friend boards plane wearing stupid surgical mask and his P100