AND
AND WHO
AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE FLYING
TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND
THEN DON'T FORGET GOT TO COME
BACK HOME.
BACK HOME. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE
FLYING AFTER THE HOLIDAY?
WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING
AND THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES
WHAT ARE AIRLINES GOING TO BE
DOING TO MINIMIZE THE RISK?
KRISTEN SEVERANCE LEARNED IT
DEPENDS ON THE AIRLINE.
>> EUROPE IS ABOUT FLYING.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
WELL, YEAH.
WELL, YEAH. I MEAN THIS IS MY FIRST I'VE
DONE NOT MUCH MORE THAN GO TO
THE HARDWARE STORE AND GROCERY
STORE SINCE APRIL.
YEAH, I WAS NERVOUS I I HAD NO
IDEA HOW IT WOULD FEEL ON THE
PLANE WITH JUST A SEAT BETWEEN
US.
US.
US. >>
US. >> AFTER DOING HIS RESEARCH AND
WEIGHING THE RISKS, GARY CASH
TOOK AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT
FROM PORTLAND TO PORT TO OUR
LAST MONTH TO GET AWAY.
ALASKA AIRLINES HAS COMMITTED
TO NOT FILLING THE MIDDLE ROW
UNTIL JANUARY SIX BUT IT DIDN'T
TAKE LONG INTO MY FLIGHT WHEN
THE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO ME PULLED
HIS MASK DOWN AND JUST LEFT IT
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. >>
DOWN. >> GARY TOOK PICTURES ON THE
FLIGHT DOWN TO MEXICO AND BACK
OF A HALF A DOZEN PASSENGERS
NOT WEARING THEIR MASKS AND
THEN PEOPLE SLEEPING WITH THEIR
MASKS DOWN MAYBE A 10 TO 12
YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN SITTING IN
THE LAST ROW RIGHT THERE NEXT
TO THE GALLEY.
>> BUT HIS MASK WAS DOWN THE
ALL THREE TIMES I WALKED BY
GARY SAID HE TOLD THE FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS BUT NOTHING WAS
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. >>
DONE. >> HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE
SEATTLE BASED ALASKA AIRLINES
AND SAID HE RECEIVED A CANNED
RESPONSE ALLEN.
RESPONSE ALLEN. THEIR POLICY?
THEIR POLICY? >> I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE OTHER THAN I'M STILL
ANGRY.
ANGRY.
ANGRY. GARY'S COMPLAINT HAD US LOOK
UP.
UP.
UP. >>
UP. >> WHAT ACTION, IF ANY AIRLINES
TAKE?
TAKE?
TAKE? IF
TAKE? IF CUSTOMERS DON'T FOLLOW THE
RULES DURING CODED ACCORDING TO
THE ALASKA AIRLINES POLICY, A
FACEMASK IS REQUIRED FOR ALL
PASSENGERS OVER TWO YEARS OLD.
A PASSENGER WILL BE TOLD TO PUT
ON THEIR MASK VERBALLY THEN
HANDED A FINAL WARNING IN THE
FORM OF A YELLOW CARD.
PASSENGERS WHO DON'T LISTEN
COULD BE BANNED FROM FUTURE
FLIGHTS.
FLIGHTS.
FLIGHTS. ALASKA DID NOT TELL US HOW MANY
YELLOW CARDS HAVE BEEN HANDED
OUT THIS YEAR OR HOW MANY
PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN BANNED.
>> THERE WAS NEVER A YELLOW
CARD HANDED OUT WHEN IT COMES
TO OTHER AIRLINES.
DELTA HAS BANNED 500 50
PASSENGERS FOR NOT WEARING
MASKS THIS YEAR.
UNITED HAS 370 PASSENGERS ON
ITS NO FLY LIST.
OVER MASC ISSUES.
AMERICAN HAS A BANNED LIST BUT
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
PASSENGERS ARE ON IT.
SOUTHWEST REQUIRES A MASK BUT
DOESN'T BAN PEOPLE WHO WON'T
WEAR ONE.
WEAR ONE.
WEAR ONE. I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THEY
WOULD BE ON TOP OF IT.
>> ALL THINGS CONSIDERED WE
WEAR NO WAY OUT OF THE WOODS
YET TO HAVE NOT ONE OR TWO BUT
A HALF DOZEN PASSENGERS ON A
PLANE.
PLANE.
PLANE. SO
PLANE. SO CLEARLY NOT COMPLYING AND
NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. >>
WAY. >> OK, DAN, I CAN HEAR THIS
STORY VIEWERS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT
EVEN CHECKING SOCIAL MEDIA
THEY'RE PROBABLY SAYING BUT
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
TRAVELING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE
DEFINITELY RIGHT.
DEFINITELY RIGHT. BUT REMEMBER GARY'S FLIGHT WAS
LAST MONTH.
LAST MONTH. GARY TOLD ME HE WOULD FLY AGAIN
ONCE THE CDC SAYS IT'S SAFE BUT
HE WILL PROBABLY USE ANOTHER
AIRLINE.
AIRLINE.
AIRLINE. DO YOU HAVE A STORY FOR US?
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR US TO
LOOK INTO?
LOOK INTO? LET SNOW JUST USE THE HASHTAG.
HEY, DAN.
HEY, DAN.
HEY, DAN. AND THANKS, KRISTEN.
>> BY THE WAY, KRISTEN DID END
UP HEARING BACK FROM ALASKA
AIRLINES AND THEY TOLD HER THAT
HER PICTURES THAT SHE SENT THEM
ARE A QUOTE BIG DEAL AND
THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING
UP WITH MANAGERS ABOUT GARY'S
COMPLAINT AND THAT THEY HAVE
BANNED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
ONE GUESTS FOR NOT WEARING
MASKS ON BOARD THIS YEAR.
I STILL THINK PEOPLE GET VERY
CONFUSED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
SEVERITY OF THIS.
YOU HEAR ALL THE NARRATIVES
GOING AROUND AND I THINK ONE
OF THE BEST WAYS TO UNDERSTAND
THIS PANDEMIC IS NOT
INCESSANTLY READ THOSE CASE
NUMBERS OR THE DEATHS OR THE
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS. WHILE THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT
,THEY DO KIND OF MISS A KEY
FACTOR WHEN YOU'RE JUST LOOKING
AT NUMBERS AND THAT'S THE HUMAN
ELEMENT.
ELEMENT.
ELEMENT. IF YOU WANT PROOF, KNOW RIGHT