Although wearing a mask has become the new norm in most places, recently a couple on a flight from the United States argued with the cabin crew after being asked to wear it properly. A video of the messy duo has gone viral with enraged social media users, even dubbing them “covidiots”.
Recorded by a fellow passenger, the video shows a man without masks shouting and swearing to two male flight attendants at the front of the aircraft. While commissioners are asking them to fulfill the mandate of the federal mask, the man and a woman, who were said to be drunk, set off an explosion on the JetBlue flight to San Diego from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In accordance with ABC 10News the crew repeatedly asked the passengers to do so wear your face properly before takeoff, just ignore it. The two continued to resist and even called the flight attendants until they were ripped off the plane.
In the video, the man can be heard claiming that the neck pillow had accidentally thrown his mask at him. He said he was only given “a warning” before being asked to leave the plane.
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While other passengers continued to check their traps, the woman also fidgeted. “We offered to comply, but that wasn’t good enough,” she explained, pulling the mask down, adding that her five-year-old son wasn’t wearing the mask properly, but they fixed it.
“It simply came to our notice then. Leave it viral. Let’s sue. Everyone I know is a lawyer, ”he was told.
Alice Rusa, who filmed the whole incident, shared the clip saying she was getting on the plane behind the family when she noticed that the blonde woman was “hesitating, so I thought she was a little drunk.” He stated that the flight attendant had told the woman “to fix her son’s mask on the entrance, which he did not do, and her husband and they both had the masks off their noses all the time.” . The couple and their two children were escorted off the plane.
U.S. health officials and officials have been urging people to strictly adhere to Covid-19 protocols amid an increase in Delta variant cases in the country.
The airline has already banned the couple from using its services, The Independent reported. However, the company did not disclose their names.
“It entertained me. I had never seen anything like it, but I am very sad that they could just complain about the federal mandate, ”Alice said. New York Post.
In a statement a NBC San Diego, JetBlue said: “As a reference, crew members are trained to talk to customers who do not comply with the policies.”
“If a client refuses to wear a face mask after being asked, crew members will work to reduce the situation to the maximum of their ability to obtain compliance before removing it. The safety of each client and Crew membership is our top priority and we must work together to fulfill the mandate of the federal mask, ”the statement added.