This is what happens when you're black in America. The passenger then pulls off her mask, throws it to the floor, and starts to be led off the plane by her companion.
You're gonna come to me with a mask covering my nose and my mouth and tell me to get off the flight because the flight attendant feels uncomfortable, because he's white. The woman's companion then tries to lead the irate passenger off the flight, but to no avail. The woman's companion tried to lead her off the plane twice during the tirade, but to no avail So, y'all have a good flight, but this is what happens when you're black in America.' 'I put a mask on, I'm sitting here in compliance, and he tells me to get off the flight. 'Everybody in here is gonna know whoever the f***ing flight attendant is, he was racist and he was mad for two seconds I didn't have a mask on because I went to a restroom. I don't like racism', she shouts as her mask slips down onto her chin. F*** all of you because that's racist as f***. The passenger then turns on someone, presumably a member of staff, standing off the flight.
'Who's processing my refund? Because now I've got to buy another flight for no f***ing reason, so process the refund.'Īs someone off camera repeatedly tries to get her to leave the plane, the passenger becomes more angry and throws her coat off the flight in protest. Though it's customary for passengers not to use to the bathroom before the flight takes off, the cabin crew are allowed to let people to use the toilet at their discretion.ĭespite seeming to leave the plane, the angry passenger was back on board and gave the steward a piece of her mind. It was not immediately clear why the apparent offence caused flight attendants to remove her from the flight. She apparently launched the tirade after she was asked to leave because she was not wearing a mask in the bathroom, though she did put the mask back on after leaving the restroom.įlight attendants chose to remove her after another passenger complained the fact she wasn't wearing a mask was making them 'uncomfortable'. However, children under five are not eligible for the vaccine, and they can be less effective on people who are immunocompromised.A black passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight has accused the company of racism after she was asked to disembark for not wearing a mask while using the bathroom has fairly robust vaccination rates, although a portion of the population has not. As of April 13, 65.8% of the total U.S. “So far we don’t see a rise in hospitalizations,” Jordan said. hospitals each day with COVID-19 symptoms, according to CDC data, slightly up from the 1,427 patients admitted the week prior. During the week of April 6, an average of 1,446 patients were admitted to U.S. jumped nearly 20% the week of April 13, according to the CDC, compared to the previous week.Ĭases have been rising, but hospitalizations have remained relatively low. “The Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) disagree with the district court’s decision and will appeal, subject to CDC’s conclusion that the order remains necessary for public health,” the Justice Department wrote in a statement.Īlthough COVID infection rates are nowhere near where they were earlier during the pandemic, they have recently gone up. In 2021, one passenger who refused to wear a mask hit a Southwest flight attendant with his bags, and was fined $16,500. He added that “high-profile altercations” that took place on airplanes because of the masking requirements would mostly disappear following the end of the company’s mask requirement. “Taking every barrier that we can out of the process to bring back our travelers is terrific, and here’s one more barrier down.” “The data has told us over a long period of time here that customers are increasingly comfortable flying,” Jordan said, adding that removing mask requirements should bring even more people back to traveling.
Jordan says that the new rulings are in line with how passengers feel about traveling at this stage of the pandemic. Like other airlines, Southwest will allow employees and passengers to wear a mask, but will no longer enforce the rule for people who don’t. “I’m just happy that our employees and customers have a choice now.” “I think it’s a great thing,” Jordan told Fortune on Tuesday. Now, anyone on those flights can go maskless if they want to, and Southwest CEO Robert E.
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