DL considering increasing F capacity to 75% (survey email)
Aug 5, 2020, 6:32 pm
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Aug 5, 2020, 6:33 pm
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Aug 5, 2020, 6:58 pm
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If they're wearing the mask when they're sneezing/coughing, sure. What if it's while they're eating/drinking?
These are low probability events, sure, but all things being equal if I were offered a choice between an empty row in front of me or an empty row behind me, it seems to me I'd rather have it behind me.
Aug 5, 2020, 7:16 pm
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I would agree to it under certain conditions. i.e. if a couple wants to sit together, they don't have to leave a row empty. I just don't want to sit next to strangers (for now).
Aug 5, 2020, 7:18 pm
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Aug 5, 2020, 7:25 pm
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Aug 5, 2020, 7:47 pm
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Aug 5, 2020, 8:00 pm
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Aug 5, 2020, 8:13 pm
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I agree. I’ve had “Full” FC cabins with empty rows because people are traveling together and sit together. I think it wouldn’t be harmful to guarantee you won’t be seated next to someone you aren’t traveling with but also increase the cap. The number of complaints I’ve gotten from people on the upgrade list that are seeing empty rows and wondering why they didn’t get it is growing each trip.
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Aug 5, 2020, 9:34 pm
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It would be nice if they had more availability in F for RUC's and GUC's at time of booking.
Aug 5, 2020, 10:34 pm
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yep; it’s the best F seat on that jet
Aug 6, 2020, 5:46 am
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Not sure it matters
As an infectious disease doctor (and a Diamond) who has traveled roughly every other month to care for COVID patients, I am not sure it matters whether someone is sitting 4 feet away from me or 2 feet away from me. It is my choice to wear a KN 95 mask on board (these are available online) or one from O2 Canada (on order). I accept that there is some risk flying and that there is likely some protection from the air handling in the plane and am grateful for Delta's strict mask enforcement policies. I have not heard of a major outbreak related to plane travel. However, I don't really think the distancing attempts in 1st are meaningful differences and doubt they make a huge difference elsewhere as well except for cutting the shear number of people together. I just don't believe that being 4-5 feet from someone is that different than being 2-3 feet. It is more important to me that they mostly wear their mask and that I do the same. I want Delta up and running and profitable again and flying with empty seats when it really doesn't make things any safer (in my humble opinion) is window dressing. I think some capacity cuts and loading changes to cut crowding in aisles is a good thing overall as we likely were overpacked previously, and maybe that should be rethought.