Originally Posted by
Doppy
If there's any place where it makes sense to wear a mask it's in a cramped and crowded place like a plane. If outbreaks start getting traced back to flights, then it's going to be bad for air travel. So for those who want to get back to normal, I'm not sure that this is the best fight to have.
As far as I'm concerned, having to wear masks excludes possibility of "normal". I expect normal to include being able to breathe. Plane is a fairly safe enviroment, there is very little mingling between the people, no one is facing each other, there are HEPA filters, rather quick air circulation, etc. I can think of several places I've been to in the last two weeks, where I've encountered far more people and no one was forced to wear a useless piece of cloth on their face. During my last visit to pub, I've been in close contact with far more people than I'd been on a plane.
Well, each to their own. At this point it seems that most "open" / least restrictive destinations in Europe are within my driving distance anyway. I miss a more substantial change of enviroment, but it will have to wait until airlines stop treating me like a bio hazard.