Originally Posted by
ACEssXfer
My last airline had a smoke event on takeoff maybe 7 or 8 years ago. When safety asked the pilots about it both stated that communication was difficult to near impossible with FAs/ATC/each other (the FAs were the most difficult) while wearing the mask and not wearing a headset. That particular acft has a pretty loud flight deck.
Our manuals were changed to recommend putting your headset back on after doning the o2 mask.
I guess you have seen and experienced everything that can happen in aviation though so maybe I should back off right?
For the record I have no problem wearing a mask while public facing.
I'm curious, aren't you afraid of giving or receiving COVID on the flight deck? It's not like there's a special immunity up there. I can't tell you how many times I've come home with a bug because the first officer had "allergies."