Originally Posted by
kerm65
so you are saying the 0.50 mask to cover the exhaust vent of the respirator does the trick? Either for a half face respirator or disposable respirator?
I know many people wear a disposable respirator with a vent and cover it with a surgical mask. But the half face respirator just fits correctly during travel.
friend bought 3M half face respirators for his family, and as he was boarding a UA flight from SFO at the end of Sept. the gate agent cited rules that banned vented or half/full respirators.
Agent was were unfazed when he offered to all wear a surgical mask over top. he boarded with surical masks and put the 3m half respirators plus surgical masks on back after boarding.
flight crew was unaware of the boarding discussion, but they still saw this and told them in no uncertain terms wear ONLY a surgial mask or walk with them off the plane to pick a different flight/carrier.
similar issue happened to me on Frontier.