On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened for a hearing entitled “Oversight of the U.S. Airline Industry.” Among the many topics addressed during the three-hour panel discussion, legislators asked airline CEOs to characterize the $54 billion in aid …
Airline CEOs Don't Think We Need Masks On Planes
The top executives of major U.S. airlines told a senate committee that masks didn't add much protection from Covid on flights. The head of the flight attendants union did the factcheck.
One day after a maskless Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly testified before a U.S. senate committee that “masks don’t add much” on planes, the airline chief tested positive for Covid-19. At Wednesday’s U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled “Oversight of the …
Ask if the United States should have a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for flights within the country, and a big majority of Americans consistently say yes, according to multiple surveys over many months. The latest is a Harris Poll Covid-19 tracking survey fielded just last weekend, in which two-thirds of …