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Democrat Lawmakers, With Beer And No Masks, Fly Out Of Texas To Halt Voting Bill

by Gary Leff on July 12, 2021

Jul 12 2021

Texas Democratic legislators left the state in order to break quorum during a special legislative session and prevent Republicans from passing new voting legislation. This is the special session that was supposed to pass the bill the legislature ran out of time on when Democrats broke quorum last time.

They took two chartered flights on Monday from Austin to Washington D.C. to “apply pressure to Democrats in the U.S. Senate” to pass federal voting legislation to trump moves by Texas and other states.

Oh, Come On. Mask Mandates Aren’t Needed But They’re Not Flight Attendants’ Fault

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2021

Jul 09 2021

Tomi Lahren, apparently, feels differently and reaches the Godwin’s law stage of the pandemic.

Teenagers Who Staged A Mask Protest Forced To Spend Night In Charlotte Airport

by Gary Leff on July 6, 2021

Jul 06 2021

American Airlines flight AA893 from Charlotte to Nassau went mechanical on Monday, and the airline switched aircraft to get passengers on their way. Already delayed several hours, tensions were running high. And a group of high school students on board chose the moment they were on their second aircraft, ready to depart, to stage a mask protest that “lasted for hours.”

Supreme Court Ruling Shows Why Airline Mask Mandate Is Illegal

by Gary Leff on July 3, 2021

Jul 03 2021

The Supreme Court refused to overturn the CDC’s eviction moratorium, even though a majority of justices believe that it is illegal. And the same reasons 5 justices believe the eviction moratorium is beyond the CDC’s authority apply to the federal transportation mask mandate as well.

No, Masks Shouldn’t Still Be Required For Vaccinated Travelers. Why Do You Ask?

by Gary Leff on June 30, 2021

Jun 30 2021

The Points Guy ran a piece promoting continued mask-wearing after full vaccination, framed as a recommendation from “health professionals.”

What prompts this is the World Health Organization recommending continued mask-wearing after full vaccination.

So How Well Did Masks Actually Work Against Covid-19?

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2021

Jun 27 2021

Masks have been highly controversial and some of their biggest flash points have taken place on planes, from passengers getting ejected over not wearing them to the continued U.S. federal mask mandate for transportation when mask requirements are lifted in most other situations.

Perhaps the best mask study to date shows that just telling people they had to wear masks was a mistake. The policy focus should have been on supplying better masks and teaching people how to wear them effectively.

American Airlines CEO: Why Passenger Mask Incidents May Rise This Summer

by Gary Leff on June 26, 2021

Jun 26 2021

At a recent American Airlines employee question and answer event, a recording of which was reviewed by View From The Wing, a flight attendant asked CEO Doug Parker about frequent inflight incidents with passengers. Parker acknowledged, “much of it is due to the masks, I know.” Parker predicts that the conflicts over masks “may get even harder between now and September 13th.”

Airlines Are Asking The Government To Send Unruly Passengers To Prison

by Gary Leff on June 21, 2021

Jun 21 2021

U.S. airlines, represented by their lobbying group Airlines For America, have jointed the biggest airline unions in calling for the Department of Justice to prosecute passengers who cause flight disturbances.

Notably though 2300 of the 3000 reports of unruly behavior the FAA has received this year have been related to masks. Isn’t it striking that the airlines and unions don’t recognize that three quarters of the incidents, then, could be eliminated by lifting the mask mandate – that no longer makes any sense in any case?

Lawsuit Filed To Overturn Federal Transportation Mask Mandate

by Gary Leff on June 7, 2021

Jun 07 2021

A passenger has filed a lawsuit to strike down the federal mask mandate and the CDC requirement for a negative Covid-19 test when entering the country by air in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Pete Buttigieg Argues Mask Mandates Must Stay, Government Must Require “Respect”

by Gary Leff on May 31, 2021

May 31 2021

The CDC declared that science supports not wearing a mask indoors if you’re vaccinated however you’re still required to wear a mask in airports and on planes through September 13.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was challenged on the contradiction and argued that mask mandates should remain on planes even though they aren’t needed for vaccinated individuals in restaurants, bars and gyms.