Jet2 Optional Face Masks - will BA follow?
Mar 16, 2022, 10:31 am
#196
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My trip is between Scandinavia (ARN, OSL) and London so there are no legal obstacles and I don't think it will be affected by US rules. But of course I'm holding back with the cancellation until the very last minute. I can't see BA not fixing this within a week.
Mar 16, 2022, 10:36 am
#197
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Indeed, the person I responded to appears to be located in the USA, hence my reference to the US policy.
Mar 16, 2022, 10:37 am
#198
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Remember it is a legal requirement to observe all crewmember instructions. FYI the mask requirement is still (and has remained) on ba.com which is the official place for all BA policies and requirements.
It looks like we are all going to have show a little patience to give BA a little more time to finalise its policy.
It looks like we are all going to have show a little patience to give BA a little more time to finalise its policy.
Mar 16, 2022, 10:41 am
#199
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Can all those who said they wouldn't fly until masks weren't required please cancel all your flights you've recently booked. There's no RFS availability over the Easter dates I require, and I need some places to be freed-up 
Mar 16, 2022, 10:45 am
#200
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It is safe! What more do you need or want?! It’s more dangerous to cross the road than it is to board an aircraft and catch and die of covid! For goodness sake. What is wrong with people!
Mar 16, 2022, 10:49 am
#201
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Does the BA mask rule apply to lounges or just onboard Aircraft?
Mar 16, 2022, 10:55 am
#202
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You don't need to wear a mask while eating or drinking, so people tend not to wear masks in lounges, at least once seated. Maybe when moving around the lounge / going to the WC they put the mask back on. But what we are talking about in the last few dozen posts is not wearing a mask at all from check-in in London to arrival, including through security, in shops, boarding and during the flight. This has hit some unspecified hitch, but the idea was that at least for those destinations where masks are not mandatory, the whole trip would be mask free.
I would advocate a little patience, the end isn't far off, and I think even transatlantic flights will be mask optional from mid May at the very latest.
I would advocate a little patience, the end isn't far off, and I think even transatlantic flights will be mask optional from mid May at the very latest.
Mar 16, 2022, 11:09 am
#203
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Thanks, I have no problem with masks, I was just curious about my visit on Saturday. I've not been near an airport for 2 years.
Mar 16, 2022, 11:19 am
#204
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Interesting outcome. I don’t think BA have bOwed to pressure as they were trending on twitter yesterday with quite a few people saying they Wouldn’t fly BA if the mask policy had been removed.
also yesterday crews saying most long haul and majority of short haul would have mask mandates so a bit misleading anyWay.
also yesterday crews saying most long haul and majority of short haul would have mask mandates so a bit misleading anyWay.
Mar 16, 2022, 11:32 am
#205
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KLM becomes the next big player to announce an end to the requirement to wear a mask, on those routes where this is allowed, as of 23 March 2022.
Mar 16, 2022, 12:20 pm
#206
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Mar 16, 2022, 12:40 pm
#207
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I do not consider my opinion, different than yours, to be 'wrong'. And I do not think you should either. Anyway let's see what BA says when the policy is finally updated and we can all make our decisions to fly one carrier or another or maybe even a route or another in this instance, as it seems different destinations might not have the same requirements applied by BA in the end.
Mar 16, 2022, 12:50 pm
#208
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So given the end of mask mandate message is still
live on Instagram, are they REALLY enforcing mask wearing today or simply going through the motions?
live on Instagram, are they REALLY enforcing mask wearing today or simply going through the motions?
Mar 16, 2022, 1:06 pm
#209
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Mar 16, 2022, 1:43 pm
#210
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With this current extension to April 18th for the US mask mandate being the shortest extension so far, most people are expecting that 18th April date to be the last day masks are going to be required.