My husband & I flew from Nice to London today. As someone who is CEV under current "you do you" conditions where less than 5% masked, I watch & analyse everything to keep myself as safe as possible. Some things today though made me feel VERY unsafe. I'll summarise these below 1/
I was in row 11. Row 12 was an emergency exit. As a T1D, I'm unable to sit there for safety reasons. The law prevents me as in a situation I may need to remove the exit, I may be physically unable to as my body reacts to stress & adrenaline. Totally understandable 2/
Today in row 12, the emergency exit, all 4 passengers were continually coughing, catching their breath, 2 looked physically unwell & 1 was holding himself up as he left the aircraft dragging himself along holding onto walls walking along the terminal. I suspect they had Covid 3/
In an emergency situation, how could any of these people physically be able to lift the emergency exit out if they didn't even have the strength to walk unaided? How have these people with so little judgement & awareness 4 safety by boarding sick & unmasked in the 1st place 4/
Been able to be put in charge of a safety procedure on an aircraft? As I said already, I'm legally banned from doing this due to health conditions. This brings me to point 2. As someone who is T1D, my blood sugar drops a lot on planes. I knew I was hypoing (low blood sugar) 5/
By the time I left the aircraft, it was dangerously low. I needed sugar. I had the choice of removing my masks on an unmasked flight 2 take sugar or wait. Both very unsafe. I've been put in that situation by the "You do You" lack of rules though. I have a choice of masking to 6/
stay safe, but my blood sugar go dangerously low like today, or remove my mask to take sugar & probably catch Covid from everyone in rows 10 & 12 who were all continually coughing & sneezing unmasked. I'm CEV & Covid would be VERY serious, perhaps even fatal for me 7/
And probably many others on board too. Many middle aged parents coming back from half term breaks with kids, the kids themselves, the grandparents flying with them. Yes, I wore an N99 mask, with a second one on top with a filter, but there were only a few masked today 8/
Finally, the crew. They are there to uphold safety standards. Both crew at the front where we were were clearly experienced & very friendly. Both did/said concerning things. Immediately after the safety briefing, the male crew member froze on the spot for many minutes whilst 9/
still clutching the safety equipment. He just stood & stared. We were coming onto the runway at this point. The 2nd crew member had to leave her seat to come & move him. Towards the end of the flight, the 2nd crew member, a female, also did/said something concerning 10/
The pilot had just announced we'd be landing in less than 15 minutes & put the fasten seatbelt sign on as we were coming in to land. He finished by saying, "crew, 15 minutes til landing". Immediately after, seatbelt signs lit, the crew member announced that in 15 minutes 11/
the fasten seatbelt sign would be lit & we should use the toilets now if we needed to. They were already on & we were descending to land! The Pilot had just told us all! Anyway, thanks 4 reading & sorry for the length. I wanted to put context into my points. I'm concerned. 12/12
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