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A Spirit Airlines passenger was told to expect local police to be waiting for him after an argument with a flight attendant over face masks was captured on video and shared to social media.
The video begins during the conversation with the passenger—who is unnamed—telling the Spirit Airlines employee that he is wearing a mask.
In response, the flight attendant asks what he is wearing under his mask and that the cloth around his nose and mouth is not "legally" a mask.
"Legal by who?" the man asks, flipping the camera around to show himself wearing a neck gaiter printed with an American flag.
"It is not legal according to the CDC," the attendant says in a video posted to Twitter.
From Spirit Airlines.
Spirit's current face covering policy, which has been in effect since August 5, requires guests to wear a covering while at the airport, on the jet bridge and while onboard the aircraft. The covering "must fit snugly cover the nose and mouth and be secure under the chin and have at least two layers of fabric," according to the airline's policy.
However, neck gaiters are not on the list of inappropriate face coverings, which include triangle bandannas, coverings with valves or mesh material, and face shields.