Mask Fights and a ‘Mob Mentality’: What Flight Attendants Faced Over the Last Year
Furloughs, passengers who won’t wear masks and tense political confrontations contributed to a year of perpetual chaos for flight attendants. “It’s insane,” one veteran attendant said.
Peter Golembiewski and Brittany Riley, both flight attendants, near their home in Colorado. “I don’t know how a lot of us are going to make it,” Ms. Riley said, without a comprehensive relief plan.Credit...Daniel Brenner for The New York Times
Jan. 26, 2021
One flight attendant needed medical attention for a crippling migraine brought on by confronting a passenger who refused to wear a mask.