Delta Air Lines adds new health screening process if you can’t wear a mask on a flight

Delta Air Lines has added a new health screening measures for passengers who can’t wear face masks due to health concerns.

• The airline has also asked passengers with those health risks to stay home and avoid flying.

What’s going on:

• Delta’s new policy will require new health screening for at-risk passengers, who say they can’t wear a mask on the flight.
• “We encourage customers who are prevented from wearing a mask due to a health condition to reconsider travel,” Delta said in a statement to FOX Business. ”If they decide to travel, they will be welcome to fly upon completing a virtual consultation prior to departure at the airport to ensure everyone’s safety, because nothing is more important.”
• Someone from STAT-MD will host a private phone call with the passenger before boarding, which “provides inflight emergency consultation as well as fitness-to-fly ground screening,” according to STAT.
• Delta will use the information gained from the STAT screening to determine if the passengers can fly or not.
• This process will exist through the end of 2020, according to FOX Business.

Delta’s overall policy:

• Per CNN, Delta has said passengers who don’t follow the face mask rule could “risk future flight privileges with Delta.”