Passengers on flights to Thailand SHOULD all wear masks on the plane - it's not fake news

[Bert got kinky]

6 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

From what I have read, the "science" on aircraft and the virus is that there is really little risk of catching Covid during a flight. Yes, the cabin is sealed. However, the air is constantly drawn upward to the ceiling of the cabin, where it goes through a serious filtration process before being recirculated in the cabin. The IATA does not think it is a danger at all. 

 

So masks on planes seem to be more performative theatre than actual precaution. 

From what I have read,

Which science paper was this, care to share the source?

It seems that the aviation industry are also not aware of this study, maybe it's a secret, or made up.

 

[simola]

3 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Will the anti mask nutjobs boycott flying now?

 

Who are really the nut jobs though? It’s certainly not those who can think for themselves. ????

[FinChin67]

3 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Will the anti mask nutjobs boycott flying now?

 

Yes, will not fly to Thailand until wearing face diaper is voluntary. 

[phukettrader]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Consider this. An airline operator only has a finite number of cabin crew. If just one passenger, who decides not to wear a mask is Covid +ve, there's a chance that the cabin crew could contract the virus and, at the very least have to go into isolation for a week.

Wearing a muzzle does not prevent you from catching, nor passing on the virus. FACT. Look at dear Dr. Fauci. Tripple masked, 257 boosters and now tested positive for the second time in a month. Science!

[Bert got kinky]

6 minutes ago, FinChin67 said:

Yes, will not fly to Thailand until wearing face diaper is voluntary. 

 

Don't worry, we are not missing you. ????

 

 

[Bert got kinky]

1 minute ago, phukettrader said:

Wearing a muzzle does not prevent you from catching, nor passing on the virus. FACT. Look at dear Dr. Fauci. Tripple masked, 257 boosters and now tested positive for the second time in a month. Science!

 

Nurse, this one's out of bed again.

 

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, howlee101 said:

Words have specific meaning.  The post headlines (in all caps) says "SHOULD", the first paragraph says "must", then later on "recommended".  

"...the first paragraph says "must"..."

That is not correct.  The first paragraph does not state that "masks must be worn", it states that "some reports said [wrongly] that masks must be worn".   To quote you, "words have specific meanings", so does the way they are used.

[BusyB]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

 

Consider this. An airline operator only has a finite number of cabin crew. If just one passenger, who decides not to wear a mask is Covid +ve, there's a chance that the cabin crew could contract the virus and, at the very least have to go into isolation for a week.

 

So how long do you suppose it would be before all the cabin crew was infected and the airline grinds to a halt if no passengers wore masks? I know, it's a worse case scenario, but could happen.

 

The airline have a duty of care to protect their staff, their passengers and their business, so they have every right to insist on mask wearing on their flights.

At last someone who's grasped it and saved me the bother - thanks. 

 

Despite the filters and cabin airflow, the risk is still real if minimal.

 

Edited July 1, 2022 by BusyB

[apetryxx]

Bert Got Kinky says I’m an anti-mask nut job. Well Bert, as an airline pilot with plenty of doctor friends, we all know those cotton masks are as useless as teats on a boar hog. With the filters on our aircraft, your chances of catching something are about as close to zero as one can get. Do your homework.

[JustinCredible]

46 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

From what I have read, the "science" on aircraft and the virus is that there is really little risk of catching Covid during a flight. Yes, the cabin is sealed. However, the air is constantly drawn upward to the ceiling of the cabin, where it goes through a serious filtration process before being recirculated in the cabin. The IATA does not think it is a danger at all. 

 

So masks on planes seem to be more performative theatre than actual precaution. 

So when the person sitting next to me on a flight starts to cough and sneeze (and does not know that they are carrying Covid) it will not have any effect on me and I will not get infected.

Can you provide a link that confirms this please.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, sandyf said:

On the return journey, on boarding at Vienna everyone was told to put a mask on as it was a requirement of the Thai authorities that masks were worn throughout the flight.

Before the lifting of the mask mandate a few days ago, I'd guess!

[ThailandRyan]

49 minutes ago, vivananahuahin said:

i will not flight anymore, mask saga, fuel price extra cost, i wiil enjoy an other thing, bye bye airplane.

Long swim ahead for you to get overseas....you must be a strong swimmer.....

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, Moonlover said:

If just one passenger, who decides not to wear a mask is Covid +ve, there's a chance that the cabin crew could contract the virus and, at the very least have to go into isolation for a week.

 

So how long do you suppose it would be before all the cabin crew was infected

That assumes that wearing masks prevents the transmission of Covid, which, clearly, is not the case.

Edited July 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

3 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

I'm not calling people who disagree with me 'nutjobs'.

I'm calling idiots who think that their boycott will make any difference to the companies that they are boycotting 'nutjobs.

In fact, I will go one further and state that these cretins are delusional.

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. ????

 

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Nice re spin of your first comment lol

Failed spin of his original comment!

[Bert got kinky]

14 minutes ago, apetryxx said:

Bert Got Kinky says I’m an anti-mask nut job. Well Bert, as an airline pilot with plenty of doctor friends, we all know those cotton masks are as useless as teats on a boar hog. With the filters on our aircraft, your chances of catching something are about as close to zero as one can get. Do your homework.

 

Proof?

 

[Liverpool Lou]

11 minutes ago, JustinCredible said:

So when the person sitting next to me on a flight starts to cough and sneeze (and does not know that they are carrying Covid) it will not have any effect on me and I will not get infected.

Can you provide a link that confirms this please.

No one claimed that.

[apophyss]

Why some (crazy) people want to stop wear mask,

when you know the covid its not finish, and increase again ?

 

 

Your vaccin dont protect you, but the mask, yes.

[Moonlover]

12 minutes ago, apetryxx said:

Bert Got Kinky says I’m an anti-mask nut job. Well Bert, as an airline pilot with plenty of doctor friends, we all know those cotton masks are as useless as teats on a boar hog. With the filters on our aircraft, your chances of catching something are about as close to zero as one can get. Do your homework.

Very strange how you and airlines seem to be on a different page. Oh and it seems IATA as well. There's some homework right here on IATA's website

[Bert got kinky]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Failed spin of his original comment!

 

How was this a spin?

I answered a remark to fully explain a my original post (for the hard of understanding) and you see this as a spin?

What a shame that you didn't understand that.

Once again, you are posting before thinking, which seems to be a common trait of yours.

 

[scooby69]

The air on an aircraft is refreshed every 3 minutes. Totally safe not to wear a mask 

[Bert got kinky]

11 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That assumes that wearing masks prevents the transmission of Covid, which, clearly, is not the case.

 

Aaaah, so as usual you think that you know than the majority of the world's top renowned scientists in infectious diseases.

 

[Guderian]

Once a flight has left Thai airspace, it doesn't matter what the muppets here want, it's down to the airline.

[Medit8]

3 hours ago, Moonlover said:

 

Consider this. An airline operator only has a finite number of cabin crew. If just one passenger, who decides not to wear a mask is Covid +ve, there's a chance that the cabin crew could contract the virus and, at the very least have to go into isolation for a week.

 

So how long do you suppose it would be before all the cabin crew was infected and the airline grinds to a halt if no passengers wore masks? I know, it's a worse case scenario, but could happen.

 

The airline have a duty of care to protect their staff, their passengers and their business, so they have every right to insist on mask wearing on their flights.

You are trying to make a reasoned, well-measured response. You have misjudged the majority of your audience. Stick to short and dimwitted quips. Then you'll fit right in.????

[WinterGael]

4 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Will the anti mask nutjobs boycott flying now?

 

I hope so...

[Liverpool Lou]

1 minute ago, Bert got kinky said:

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Failed spin of his original comment!

 

How was this a spin?

I answered a remark to fully explain a my original post (for the hard of understanding) and you see this as a spin?

What a shame that you didn't understand that.

Once again, you are posting before thinking, which seems to be a common trait of yours.

"Once again, you are posting before thinking, which seems to be a common trait of yours".

That's just your opinion.  I gave a lot of thought to my comment, as I do to all of them and that you deem "not thinking before posting" to be a "common trait" of mine is simply confirmation of your inability to know anything about me or my thought process.

[Frozen]

57 minutes ago, FinChin67 said:

Yes, will not fly to Thailand until wearing face diaper is voluntary. 

Thank you! ????????

[Bert got kinky]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Once again, you are posting before thinking, which seems to be a common trait of yours".

That's just your opinion.  I gave a lot of thought to my comment, as I do to all of them and that you deem "not thinking before posting" to be a "common trait" of mine is simply confirmation of your inability to know anything about me or my thought process.

I gave a lot of thought to my comment

Obviously not enough, as usual otherwise you might have understood what was quite a straight-forward post...

Edited July 1, 2022 by onthedarkside
flame comments removed

[DjSilver]

5 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

 

Gladly, I don't wear a mask and when my family and I went to Thailand in the end of last year I only had it to cover my mouth, and breath through my nose. So, I can just as well not wear any mask at all.

 

Edited July 1, 2022 by onthedarkside
off topic and trolling comments removed

[Liverpool Lou]

5 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

18 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That assumes that wearing masks prevents the transmission of Covid, which, clearly, is not the case.

 

Aaaah, so as usual you think that you know than the majority of the world's top renowned scientists in infectious diseases.

Wrong yet again; "think" followed a muck cart and thought it was a wedding.

 

I always wore a mask, until recently, yet I contracted Covid a couple of months ago, as have millions of other mask wearers. 

[Snig27]

3 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Strange, I went back last month with Oman.  On the way there everyone was masked.  On the way back no one was masked, not even the crew, and hardly saw anyone in Muscat wearing one - not even airport staff.  When we landed in Bangkok they made an announcement that everyone needed to put a mask on to exit the plane.

Flew to Singapore a week ago and it is was fully masked on the way out and the way back.

I've done a dozen international flights in and out of LOS this past two months, one as recently as last week, and no airline was enforcing the rule. Emirates (5 times), Singapore, Air France, Qatar.