Delta, American, United and Frontier joined JetBlue on Thursday in announcing that they'll require passengers to wear face coverings.
"In the absence of federal action," the lawmakers wrote,"different airlines and airports have adopted conflicting policies that will undermine overall public health if they are not unified around a single, strong standard.", the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, sent a similar letter last week to the DOT and HHS.
"From the airport door to the airplane door, on the airplane, and then back out through the airport, we want people wearing face coverings in all those areas," Sara Nelson, a current flight attendant and the president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, told ABC News.
Passenger Erine Strine documented the lack of social distancing on a flight from New York to Charlotte, N.C., on April 25, 2020.
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