Originally Posted by
Herb687
Clearly if people are showing up for flights with documentation from their ACTUAL physician that they should not wear a mask [under specified conditions/circumstances], neither you nor an airline should have standing to overrule the ACTUAL physician with knowledge of the ACTUAL patient.
You realize that has nothing to do with the subject of this thread?
This is incorrect.
You are confusing the question of whether AA may require you to wear a mask at all with the question of whether it must provide service to a passenger not wearing a mask for whatever reason.
No, AA may not require anyone to wear a mask. But, if one does not wear a mask, then one may not fly on AA (and if an employee, work there).
This represents a sounds safety and business judgment on AA's part because masks protect not only the individual in question but other passengers and employees as well. Balancing the risks and adding in the fact that AA could make the legitimate judgment that one who cannot wear a mask should not travel on a pressurized aircraft (whether you accept that or not), makes this an easy call.