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+1quote:Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
It is a tough call. Absent a federal rule they're between a rock and a hard place.
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quote:... the balance of evidence suggests the FAA does not possess the clear power to issue and enforce a mask rule. ...
... while the FAA lacks the clear statutory authority to impose a passenger masking mandate, the Department of Transportation’s Office of the Secretary of Transportation may have such power. Specifically, Section 41702 of Title 49 of the U.S. Code requires that “[a]n air carrier shall provide safe and adequate interstate air transportation.” This seemingly nebulous authority was narrowed by a series of court cases when the Civil Aeronautics Board was the entity wielding it, but if DOT’s Office of the Secretary could present more-than-theoretical evidence that a mask mandate would materially enhance passenger and crew safety, it would likely get the green light from the judiciary. Indeed, if such a finding was made, the regulation could be brought immediately into force without the usual notice-and-comment procedural protections and niceties of the Administrative Procedure Act under the APA’s “good cause” exception. ...
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quote:Originally posted by wtg:
Wow. Tough call.
We've seen some of the protestors who are defying the requirement to wear masks. How do you turn airline personnel into enforcement officers if a passenger refuses to comply?
Is there any practical way to provide recourse to the people who might feel they are putting their health at risk by being on a plane with unmasked passengers? Like no penalty for changing flights if an unmasked passenger is on board?
Gawd.
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Yep. They can kick you off the plane pretty much at their discretion. You can’t be an asshole on a plane. Not wearing a mask qualifies IMO.quote:Originally posted by QuirtEvans:quote:Originally posted by wtg:
Wow. Tough call.
We've seen some of the protestors who are defying the requirement to wear masks. How do you turn airline personnel into enforcement officers if a passenger refuses to comply?
Is there any practical way to provide recourse to the people who might feel they are putting their health at risk by being on a plane with unmasked passengers? Like no penalty for changing flights if an unmasked passenger is on board?
Gawd.
They enforce no smoking. They enforce seat belts. A friendly reminder that refusal to comply with a flight attendant’s instruction is a federal crime usually suffices. If not, the marshals can escort you when you deplane.
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quote:Originally posted by Axtremus:
If you're a SARS-CoV-2 carrier, without mask, you would have spread a lot of SARS-CoV-2 by the time you deplane, escorted by marshals or not.
quote:Originally posted by Axtremus:
If you're a SARS-CoV-2 carrier, without mask, you would have spread a lot of SARS-CoV-2 by the time you deplane, escorted by marshals or not.