Air Canada flight attendants concerned about Ebola
Oct 28, 2014, 9:20 am
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Oct 28, 2014, 9:32 am
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Personally, I think wearing masks is a cultural courtesy brought from Asia that should be appreciated and more widely adopted.
Oct 28, 2014, 9:52 am
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Obviously not. I travel to Asia and I am well aware of the cultural courtesy or do not disagree conceptually. We are just not as comfortable with face-mask of any kind outside of medical settings (cue debate about burkas).
It is more of a reminder that we are faced with diseases we know little about and I am not the only one who is slightly uncomfortable with seeing people in public wear them.
And yes, I would have preferred if those coughing-sneezing pax would have had facial-coverings or at the very least tissues or sleeves.
Oct 28, 2014, 11:03 am
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Bringing us right back to the issue of FAs wearing gloves. It isn't about what we think about them wearing gloves when we take the time to think it through. It is the barely conscious or subconscious impact they have on the mind of the customer. It makes flying a clinical experience, not a pleasurable one or an efficient one. In the doctor's office, the use of gloves makes you think that the doctor is disciplined, careful, and conscious of your health and his/her own. On an airplane, the impact will be that I am in a clinical setting, not a vacation or business setting. That isn't what airlines want to convey.