Originally Posted by
spin88
Some dude who think it's his right not to wear a mask in confined spaces is the last person in the world I want to sit near.
I'm not currently flying, because I have no desire to wear a mask. As soon as the rule is repealed, I look forward to getting on a flight. If you'd like to deplane because you're seated next to me, that's your business.
Originally Posted by
spin88
So for now I am booking AS > DL, and not going to book UA or AA at all. I will feel safe flying Delta when they divert a flight and have the non-mask wearer pulled off by the cops and then charged and sued for the cost of the divert.
Do you
really believe AS would divert a flight because somebody took their mask off?
Originally Posted by
spin88
I - and everyone I know in the medical field - believe that not filling middle seats AND mandatory masks are the minimum given the level of transmission going on in the US to be willing to fly. Some disagree, some think the virus is a hoax.
I don't think the virus is a hoax. I completely disagree that having an empty middle seat is going to make any
practical difference. It's health theater. And I don't really think that putting a cut-up T-shirt in front of your face is going to help much either.
Originally Posted by
spin88
But about 65-70% of the public supports social distancing, and those who are most likely to travel (educated professionals, upper income people) at this time are even more supportive of social distancing. So an airline that is an outlier and defies what the public thinks is safe is likely to get hammered - and UA has been - but it is also likely to drive away bookings.
If people were avoiding United due to its social distancing policies, the planes wouldn't be crowded in the first place.
Originally Posted by
spin88
What United is doing is the equivalent in my mind to deciding that they were just going to cut the maintenance budget in half, and decide to fly with more broken systems.
That is outrageous.