Originally Posted by
Dave Gittins
My perspective is that in the US there is much more "don't tell me what to do" esp. in respect of masks and telling them they are required by law still provokes a very bad reaction.
In the UK we are willing to accept what authority tells us.
Just walked through Gatwick and whilst most airlines have abandoned masks, Emirates still have them noted as mandatory on board over all their check-ins.
id say the UK has caught up to the USA extremely fast in this instance. Even before the pandemic, some people on planes threw an absolute hissy fit when you tell them to put their seat belt on,