American Airlines Is Set To Stop Social Distancing On Planes
American Airlines is saying goodbye to social distancing on their planes.
According to The Globe And Mail, “American Airlines will no longer restrict the number of seats sold on flights beginning July 1, in an effort to come back from the impact of the coronavirus.”
AA will book flights to 100% starting next Wednesday. That puts @AmericanAir in line with @united. pic.twitter.com/5He4p1SYrf
— David Koenig (@airlinewriter) June 26, 2020
This decision comes after a meeting between various chief executives at major U.S. airlines, senior U.S. officials, and Vice President Mike Pence. During the White House gathering, they also discussed several virus-related travel issues, including press for government-administered temperature checks for airline passengers.
American previously limited seating capacity at 85 percent on each flight, which was about 50 percent of the main cabin middle seats. The outlet adds that American Airlines will notify customers if their flight is full, allowing them to move to more open flights.
Many on Twitter have strong opinions about this decision.
https://twitter.com/Jamies4OU/status/1276608221235548161
American Airlines begins filling planes starting July 1. pic.twitter.com/SlGmzqdGLk
— Sporge Gelvin (@SporgeGelvin) June 26, 2020
https://twitter.com/HuckelCommaSean/status/1276542457312935943
https://twitter.com/LMIatty/status/1276639357642797056
Coronavirus upon hearing that it will soon be flying all over the country on American Airlines: pic.twitter.com/lcFnEYE8UF
— Mark Strauss (@MarkDStrauss) June 26, 2020
American Airlines says it can not afford to continue running with social distancing and rules to prevent covid19 so will immediately stop.
— Pesach Lattin (@pesach_lattin) June 26, 2020
What the living f?
We bailed them out.
:Coronavirus has entered the chat:
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌸 (@AynRandPaulRyan) June 26, 2020
American Airlines: 🤦♀️https://t.co/Ok8Ebs4Qxr
https://twitter.com/courtdjones_/status/1276644820300095488
Well there’s a second wave in the making. #AmericanAirlines #COVID19 😐 It does not matter how much they clean the planes. As soon as one person gets on the flight that’s infected and breathes, it’s contaminated again. https://t.co/hANPt1UkSo
— Tammy Lou ❤️🦋🌼 (@tamilu40) June 26, 2020
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