Hundreds of flights canceled due to Covid illness immediately after airlines canceled mask policy

As US airlines push to have in-flight mask mandates lifted on the federal level, mask-optional European airlines are seeing hundreds of flight cancelations due to (yep, you guessed it) out-of-commission employees sick with Covid-19.

For instance, Swiss-based EasyJet lifted mask requirements on March 27 and, lo and behold, cancelled 202 of its 3,517 flights between March 28April 3 due to Covid illness, according to CBS. — Read the rest