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It's a safety issue: "These types of PPE are safety concerns, especially tents / pods which can slow access to critical safety procedures, including emergency e
by Valgrim 6y ago
It's a safety issue: "These types of PPE are safety concerns, especially tents / pods which can slow access to critical safety procedures, including emergency evacuations and use of oxygen masks"
If there is a loss of oxygen, you may only have a few seconds to react before losing consciousness, and also to avoid brain damage.
- jessriedel 6y agoBut there's not even an attempt to compare risk quantitatively. Cabin depressurization events are extremely rare, and deaths from people who don't manage to put on the mask (which will exist on every plane) are rarer still. This is a known, negligible risk, while covid is an real and still difficult to bound risk. Passengers should be allowed to make that decision themselves. (And regarding blocking the way for others: as long as it's easier to get by them than to get by some of the very large people who are allowed to fly, that should be OK too.)
- colejohnson66 6y agoCabin depressurization is extremely rare, but that doesn’t stop the mandatory safety briefing every flight does while taxiing