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Eugene

(67,319 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:44 PM Jun 2020

Coronavirus: American Airlines passenger removed for not wearing mask

Source: BBC

Coronavirus: American Airlines passenger removed for not wearing mask

18 June 2020

American Airlines has removed a passenger from a flight after he refused to wear a face covering in compliance with its Covid-19 safety policy.

Brandon Straka was asked to wear a face mask on Flight 1263 from New York to Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday.

When Mr Straka refused, he was asked to leave the flight, the airline said.

Mr Straka said there was no law that required him to wear a face covering on the flight.

"I was just removed from my flight for not wearing a mask. 1st time this has happened. Not a federal law," Mr Straka tweeted from New York's LaGuardia Airport.

Link to tweet

American Airlines said it had banned Mr Straka until "face coverings are no longer required for customers".

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Coronavirus: American Airlines passenger removed for not wearing mask (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2020 OP

Their airline, their law. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #1

And now he is lying about death threats. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #2

There is no federal law requiring passengers to wear pants, either, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #3

... cayugafalls Jun 2020 #6

You're too smooth! (n/t) PJMcK Jun 2020 #7

Private company jerk they make their own rules. Don't like it, don't fly Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #4

How did he get on the flight? I'd be thinking about suing them for that if I was another brewens Jun 2020 #5

C_U_L8R

(49,534 posts)

1. Their airline, their law.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:47 PM

Jun 2020

And it was the right thing to protect all the passengers on the flight from this self-righteous buffoon.

On edit... looking at his twitter feed, he looks like a pouty rightwing troll desperate for attention. He's getting slapped silly by science.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,296 posts)

2. And now he is lying about death threats.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:48 PM

Jun 2020

What really bugs me about this is some of us, probably a bunch, wont live to see justice.

The virus that putin and rump are using to kill us, is working.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,242 posts)

3. There is no federal law requiring passengers to wear pants, either,

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:48 PM

Jun 2020

but most airlines will kick you off the airplane if you show up without them. And you'll have a tough time convincing them that it's OK to spend a couple of hours sitting there shedding pubes and grossing out the other passengers. The other people on that plane don't want your pubes and they don't want your viruses, either.

cayugafalls

(5,984 posts)

6. ...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:04 PM

Jun 2020

"...shedding pubes..."

I know it is not a laughing matter...but that was funny.

PJMcK

(25,126 posts)

7. You're too smooth! (n/t)

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:29 PM

Jun 2020

Thekaspervote

(35,824 posts)

4. Private company jerk they make their own rules. Don't like it, don't fly

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:56 PM

Jun 2020

brewens

(15,359 posts)

5. How did he get on the flight? I'd be thinking about suing them for that if I was another

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:58 PM

Jun 2020

one of the passengers.

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