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Airline passengers divided into four camps BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ If you’ve yet to travel by airplane in the age of COVID-19, you’ve missed out on some terrific people watching. As we’ve discussed previously in this space, America has reached its most fractured point since, oh, the Civil War. Jet travel is no exception, at least if my recent trip to Florida and back is representative. I spent hours closely observing my fellow travelers, and it appears we have divvied ourselves up into four teams these days, separated by how seriously we’re taking the pandemic. Here are some thumbnail depictions: Team Obey the Rules: These flyers (and I count myself among them) do what federal authorities and the airlines have mandated for safety nowadays, donning a face mask and doing their best to observe social distancing while on the rental car shuttle bus and in the airport waiting areas. They don’t appear too freaked out, but neither do they look entirely comfortable—a feeling I would describe as similar to waking up and discovering that Donald Trump is president of the United States. There’s nothing you can do about it, so you try not to let it worry you to death. Still, you know it’s out there, lurking. Team Defcon Three: These folks take the masking thing a few steps further. I saw a family of five at Sky Harbor traipsing through Terminal Four clad in masks, goggles, plastic face shields and latex gloves. I didn’t know if they were headed on vacation somewhere or they were a band of gypsy dental hygienists. The youngest of the three kids, a boy who looked about 5, apparently hadn’t been fully briefed on the new travel protocols, given that I saw him pick his nose with a gloved index finger. Team Freakshow: Before flying, I had read news reports of people traveling in full-on plastic hazmat suits. This is the kind of behavior I typically www.LovinLife.com
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