I have a family member in the hospital/hospice, and need to book a flight from SD to AZ.
would love to fly without a mask, but guessing that's not possible. hopefully I'm wrong/you guys have some suggestions.
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All airlines Make you wear a mask. When she get to Arizona, people don’t wear masks hardly at all. You might have to wear them at a hospital, but I don’t wear a mask anywhere. I mean anywhere! People that work at stores wear them, but I have not worn a mask in Arizona for ages
Heh, my company policy says I have to wear one. My boss has stopped saying anything. It starts a pandoras box of me railing about the constitution, being free and unafraid and telling him if the good lord sees fit to call me home, then I'll go home.
Granted, I made it clear from my interview forward that I am not afraid to speak my mind....so...he's really done it to himself.
Pima County, AZ...apparently half the damn County has lost their ever loving mind...so..
I live in Arizona if you need any information, or assistance with your situation, let me know.
appreciate it, might be going alone, so good to know you guys are out there🇺🇸
On a sidenote… When my grandmother was in hospice. I went there in the middle of the night, and created a work of art on the wall.
Are used construction paper stickers and craft supplies, but basically the end result were the words celebration of life. Then they were big huge hearts and big huge flowers but either pictures of my family, or just names written for each of their children, and grandchildren. So on and so forth. It wasn’t anything spectacular, but it was something that was well needed. I spent that time alone with my grandmother talking to her, even though she was supposedly not aware of what was going on. She did Make some groanings, and I feel like she was saying goodbye to me. It was a gift of love that I gave her, and to my family.
I guess the next day when my mom went over there with her two brothers, they were all surprised and cried with tears of joy - and that small effort of reaching out, impacted our entire family. I don’t know if you’re crafty, but if you have an opportunity to pick up a few things before you go to the dollar store or some thing, I highly recommend doing what you can to make the passing of a family member a positive not a negative!
thanks for sharing:) and great idea/interesting that you said that because she's an artist, has always been one to keep to herself and focus on art. they don't think she's going to be around much longer, and she's told me many times not to be sad when she goes, so definitely want to make it a positive experience🧡
Awesome I’m glad I shared that. There are no coincidences.
Yes and I sincerely say this… PM me - if you need help with anything, or just wanna meet up for a cuppa coffee. I hope the trip goes well, and that you’re Family member or friend is OK.
If you are going to fly commercial, you’re going to wear a mask. Take a little blanket with you, throw it over your head to “sleep”, remove the mask.
Why stop there? Use a plastic bag.
i had to fly southwest late October...i made sure i had a window seat and for the entire 4 hour flight, i faked my mask being "on" - leaned against the window with my right hand up against my face as if i was leaning on it, but really my hand was holding that side of the mask away from my face so i could breathe freely the entire flight...that was good. On the return flight i was not so lucky seatwise and they were much more buttheaded about it, so i had the stupid thing on most of the time....resulted in a bloody nose for a couple days after
thanks for the details, and that's exactly what I'll do; find a window seat and keep to myself.
oh also, at the airports, i played dumb (walked in w/no mask and went for it as long as i could and when anyone finally called me on it, i acted surprised, ooopsie i forgot)
funny, i do that a lot too. figure they understand 'stupid' so might has well play along.
If you don't want to wear a mask, you are going to have to fly private
Unfortunately you do have to wear the muzzle on the plane & in airport. And that's why my hubby & I haven't gone to Nevada for a vacation yet, because I refuse to wear the mask. I might even have worn it for my husband because he has been super stressed lately and can really use the get away, but I seriously can't breathe wearing them and then have an anxiety attack (which the stress they say can lead to me possibly having a MD episode, that would really screw up the trip). I haven't worn them anywhere for that fact AND because I just flat out refuse to put one on. I will leave an appt or business if they say I need one.
Husband was even thinking of how to get me one of those oxygen machines (the ones you can take on the planes) so I would technically be wearing a mask covering my nose & mouth and still be able to breathe without having anxiety.
I had a neurologist appt yesterday and they had signs all over saying it was Required to wear a mask into the office, lol. Nope not happening, they would have to ask me to leave. A lot of the patients in the waiting room (big waiting room, lots of people) kept staring at me, lol. But not a soul even mentioned a thing to me, not even the nurses or doctor. The doctor already knows my position on masks, so I knew he wouldn't say anything, he said he agrees that they don't work.
yeah I'm kind of leery about anxiety too, to be stuck in a plane with no way to move. trying to find the shortest flight and a good seat. and I was really debating whether I should go or not, but when I called and found out she was in room 217, and then she said she 'yes' to me coming, I knew I had to go. amazing that we even have to worry about all the covid BS, at least the hospice staff sounded flexible.
Yeah it would be a long flight for me, like 4-5 hrs I think (that's for a direct flight), not counting time in airports. If we drove it would be like 2 1/2 -3 days there & same back depending how many hours hubby can drive, it's like going there just to turn around and hurry back.
It's not the airlines; it's the FAA. They all need to comply... Or rather, make you comply.
I fly very often; it drives me crazy when they make their obligatory announcement that it is a "federal law" to wear masks. I always shake my head at that. I have to fly for my business so I wear the mask below my nose because we weren't designed to breathe our own exhaust. Occasionally, a gate agent or flight attendant will tell me to pull the mask over my nose, which I do for a moment and then pull it back down. It seems that the effeminate "male" flight attendants are the most snooty about enforcing the masktard idiocy. No surprise there. I have noticed that more and more people are at least wearing the face diaper below the nose, and at best, just not wearing them, especially at baggage claim.
Will they let you wear an actual gas mask at the airport and on the plane instead?