Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
AAL will reportedly deny you boarding if you aren't wearing a mask at the gate.
But the F/As won't (can't) insist that you continue to wear it once airborne.
Masks muffle the speech and hides the mouth making it very difficult for we deaf people to understand what is being asked or told, especially with all the background noise generated by aircraft in flight and the general mayhem at the boarding gate.
Like many rules made up by staff in offices distant from airports and divorced from reality the AA rule, if true, is destined to fail because it may well be considered discriminatory to the disabled.
Removing the middle seat is ridiculous especially in premium cabins since there are few if any.