Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
Yes. It's mandatory except for the pilots receiving training in the sim.
I am not here to comment on the efficacy of masks, but if I were running an organization staffed by a bunch of old people that has had multiple hospitalizations, at least one death that I am aware of, and so many people out sick that I can't train the pilots who are there to receive training, I would probably mandate them too. Whatever mitigation techniques they have been using are not working.
It's mandatory until the NOC CP giving the leadership briefing takes his mask off and says "We're all adults"...policies aren't effective if leadership doesn't set the example. The policy is in effect in public spaces and briefing rooms...but you won't see many worn in classrooms. I just spent a week there. And yeah, an instructor just died this morning at 3am after going on the ventilator yesterday. Initials SR, retired Delta guy