Delta Air Lines is confronted with threats of boycots on this
The controversial declaration of the carrier has led some to say that they will never fly Delta.
The last two years have been tumultuous for many, but the Pandemic of Covid has been a significant struggle for theair industry. Following the pandemic, carriers were forced to change politics, prohibit certain services and cancel even flights. And of course, the passengers made their feelings about all this known. Many travelers haveCalled various US airlines For last minute late delays and cancellations that have left millions of dollars at airports across the country. Others have complained of carriers looking to make an additional dollar of customers who already have trouble in the middle of the pandemic, as when the border has been forced to get rid of a "COVID recovery charge"Fresh, he tried to add tickets to his tickets. And now, Delta Air Lines is at the end of the reception of the major reaction on something that does not have to do with flight cancellations or fees Shaded. Read to find out what controversy is currently leading to boycot threats for the airline.
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Delta is just one of the many major airlines that have recently raised their mask mandate.
On April 18, federal representativesCeased to apply The mask mask mandate after a US District Judge in Florida has canceled the requirement,The Washington Post reported. The requirement was at some point aimed at expiring on that date, but the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) had recently extended the mandate.up to 3 May the recommendation of disease control and prevention centers (CDC).
Once the federal mandate has been rejected in court, US airlines have decided to immediately remove their own mask requirements. American Airlines, Southwest, Delta, United, Alaska, Jetblue, Spirit and Frontier areAmong the main carriers which do not require more than passengers carry face coatings on board, according toThe New York Times.
But Delta is confronted with a return on a post that he has done on the restriction lifted.
Although all airlines have faced some criticisms on the decision to raise the requirements of the mask, Delta has been at the end of the receipt of other reactions than others. It is because of a statement that the carrier published when the mandate of the federal mask has been removed. "We are relieved to see the elevator of the mandate of the American mask atFacilitate global travel As Covid-19 has been transmitted to an ordinary seasonal virus, "Delta said in his initial announcement on April 18th by NPR.
After the publication of the declaration, several health and passenger experts took the social media call Delta, claiming that the airline diffused from inaccurate information about coronavirus. "I do not care what you think of hiding, but Delta's comment that # SARSCOV2 has become a" ordinary season virus "is only bonkers, has no scientific basis and is a misinformation swivelmisleading of their customers (of which I am one!), "Gregg Gonsalves, PhD, Epidemiologist and Associate Professor in Yale, Tweeted April 19th.
Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS, epidemiologist and senior advisor to the Pandemic Institute for Prevention, also noted that "ordinary viruses" do not makeProve 1 million deaths in a country in just two years. According to CDC data, there has been a total of986 545 COVID death In the United States so far, as of April 20th.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
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Some travelers said they would no longer fly with Delta Air Lines.
The bars were not stopped at Tweets - the airline could also face financial consequences for his comment. A number of travelers said they would not reserve more flights with Delta Air Lines after calling Covid as an "ordinary seasonal virus".
"I sometimes know that people say something like" I will never fly Delta never yet, but I'mactually never fly DELTA again, "Matthew CortlandA lawyer and health rights defend Massachusetts, tweeted on April 18 with regard to the carrier's commentary. This tweet has already been retweured by almost 300 times and loved more than 1,000 users.
Jorge A. Caballero, anesthesiologist and clinical instructor with Stanford Medicine,also tweeted on April 19th that he "boycott" the flights of Delta. Caballero said the airline showed a "total contempt for health and safety" from his crew with a computer statement, which probably means that he does not care about his passengers either.
Delta has since modified the wording on its original position.
After receiving a criticism dam, Delta Air Lines rewritten his statement on April 19, including getting rid of the line of "ordinary seasonal viruses", reported by the NPR. A spokesman for Delta Air Lines told the press that the carrier had made the change "for clarity and precision", but refused to comment further with regard to the reaction he had received for his initial statement.
"We are relieved to see the elevator of the mandate of the American mask atFacilitate global travel Like Covid-19 Transitions on a more manageable respiratory virus - with better treatments, vaccines and other scientific measures to prevent serious illness, "the announcement of Delta bed now.
But despite the modification of the wording in his mask announcement, this is not the first time the carrier used a similar language, according to the NPR. When Delta CEOEd Bastain announced that on April 13 that the carrier put an end to its $ 200 monthly surtax on non-vaccinated employees, he made an almost identical comment. "We dropped from this month the supplement of additional insuranceGiven that That we really believe that the pandemic has moved into a seasonal virus, "said Bastian, by CNBC.
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