Flight Attendant Lashes Out at Passenger Wearing American Flag Gaiter: Cops Will Be Waiting for You

By Jack Davis

Published September 21, 2020 at 11:21am

A traveler on Spirit Airlines came into conflict with the airline’s mask police when the American flag face covering he was wearing was ruled out of bounds.

A video of the incident was posted to Twitter, quickly making it into a social media sensation.

The passenger was wearing a neck gaiter that covered his nose and mouth. The gaiter featured the design of the American flag.

The video kicks in with the debate over the passenger’s face covering already underway.

“I’m wearing a mask,” the traveler says.

“No,” the flight attendant says in return. “What do you have underneath it?”

The traveler insists he is in fact wearing a mask while the flight attendant says it “isn’t legal to wear.”

“Legal by who?” the passenger asks, and then films himself, allowing viewers to see the American flag gaiter he is wearing.

After the flight attendant says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the authority being cited, the passenger says, “show me those rules.”

“I don’t have to show you the rules,” the flight attendant replies.

“I don’t have to wear the mask that you gave me,” the passenger says. “I’m wearing the mask that I have. … I’ve been on 20 flights with this same exact mask.”

After each says they are done debating, the flight attendant says he would “have the authorities waiting for you when we land.”

“Sounds good,” the passenger replies as the video ends.

Although some social media voices said a face covering with the flag upon it should have been respected, the airline said the style of the covering, and not the design upon it, was the issue.

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