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Flight Attendants Abused for Months by Unruly Anti-Maskers Still Support Extended Mask Mandate

Ruthy Muñoz
Airline passengers complying with the mandatory mask mandate

Photo Credit: Airline passengers in this scaled down photo are complying with the mandatory mask mandate in airplanes extended through January, 2022.  Flickr / Robert Couse-Baker

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Despite suffering the most from unruly passengers, flight attendants are applauding the extension of the mask mandate.

For months flight attendants have been at the forefront of dealing with unruly passengers creating a stir on flights in large part due to the federal mask mandate on aircraft and airports in the U.S., which went into effect in February. Flight attendants, the frontline workers in the cabin, have been bearing the brunt of passenger ire in most cases, with one in five attendants experiencing physical assaults. They are the one

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