Originally Posted by
the810
I just wonder which people.
Are they trying to reassure their staff who are afraid to fly, e.g. responding to cabin crew requests?
Is it a commercial decision, because AF/KL believes this will make more people confident to travel? (I seriously doubt that.)
Does it come from lawyers pushing for doing the same thing everyone else does "just in case"?
In any case, this face mask mania is becoming absurd.
It's coming as a commercial decision to reassure people about flying. Masks have some merit if you are using top grade medical masks, but you're allowed onboard anyway with an ineffective homemade mask too.
As for temperature checks, there are some serious issues here. Temperature checks have been shown to be very ineffective at detecting those who are ill. Additionally passenger details will need to be recorded to make any vain attempt at screening pax temps somewhat organised, so there are some serious privacy concerns with that too. AC are already getting called out on this in Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air...erns-1.5562939