Thu Dec 16, 2021 – 7:35 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The CEOs of two of the four largest U.S. airlines surprised Democrat members of the U.S. Senate when they testified that mask mandates are unnecessary on board commercial flights.
“The case is very strong that masks don’t add much, if anything, in the air cabin environment,” said Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing. “It is very safe and very high quality compared to any other indoor setting.”
“I concur,” added American Airlines CEO Doug Parker. “An aircraft is the safest place you can be. It’s true of all of our aircraft – they all have the same HEPA filters and air flow.”
Although United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby didn’t address the utility of airline mask mandates, he was the first to speak about the unparalleled safety that modern commercial aircraft provide via high quality air filtration systems.
“The airplane is the safest place you can be indoors,” declared Kirby. “Safer, actually, than an intensive care unit.”
“We filter the air 20 to 30 times an hour and a typical ICU is two to three times an hour,”
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