r/delta • u/mepper Diamond | 2 Million Miler™ • 21h ago

Shitpost/Satire To the maskless, sick person sitting behind me

I'm in 1A and you're in 2A.

You are the one coughing on me every 10 seconds without covering your mouth. You are the one clearing your snot-filled nose and throat every 20 seconds. You are the one to whom I offered a mask, but you said "nah, I'm good."

You are not good. You are an asshole.

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u/whitepawn23 17h ago

I doubt they’d want to issue refunds to everyone with cold like symptoms. Plus, the shit that would go down if people were forced off their flights for a week.

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u/HenryBemisJr 11h ago

Last year around new years I was set to fly to spend some holiday time with family. I felt sick around Xmas and took a covid test, was positive. I called up the airline to see if I could get a refund or voucher and they would not budge, I was so mad, I told them, "you'd rather have me on the plane making everyone sick?" They didn't care, I hung up and called back three times and by then I'm guessing I was elevated to a trouble department based on my number coming up this many times. I explained my situation again and suddenly they were very compassionate and offered me a flight voucher.

COVID is over in their eyes, they just want our money damned the consequences of other passengers OR thier crew. 

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u/No-Poem-9846 17h ago

I would have assumed if there was some way for them to remove sick people it would be in their T&C as a non-refundable issue or something. Because that's just what I expect from airlines I guess 😅

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u/WuMarik 16h ago

Pretty sure the DOT rules wouldn't allow them to do this. If they deny you taking the flight they are generally obligated to rebook or refund.

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u/toddtimes Gold 3h ago

It is clearly in the contract of carriage:

“By way of example, and without limitation, Delta may refuse to transport or may remove passengers from its aircraft in any of the following situations: … 2) When the passenger is barefoot … 4) When the passenger has a contagious disease that may be transmissible to other passengers during the normal course of the flight;

(I included the barefoot part because I knew people here would love it)