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Flight attendant reported feeling dizzy along with another flight attendant and attributed it to having to wear a protective mask.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1746463 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During cruise; we ended up circling for over 30 minutes due to a thunderstorm on the field in ZZZ. The airport was closed and we were holding. During this time; my C flight attendant and I started feeling dizzy. We both attributed this to the burden of wearing a mask the entire flight. Fortunately in descent; we both started to feel normal; but it was unsettling to think about what could have happened if 2 out of 3 of us became ill during the flight. On a side note; when working C it is impossible to properly brief the exit row passengers without taking a mask partially off one's face. The customers cannot hear us; understand us; and as I previously reported; I had to remove a passenger from the exit row because it was impossible to tell how old he was with his face covered up.masks cannot be feasibly worn for 7-10 hour duty days. Masks only need to be worn during boarding; deplaning and walk throughs. This is becoming a huge safety issue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported feeling dizzy along with another Flight Attendant and attributed it to having to wear a protective mask.
Narrative: During cruise; we ended up circling for over 30 minutes due to a thunderstorm on the field in ZZZ. The airport was closed and we were holding. During this time; my C Flight Attendant and I started feeling dizzy. We both attributed this to the burden of wearing a mask the entire flight. Fortunately in descent; we both started to feel normal; but it was unsettling to think about what could have happened if 2 out of 3 of us became ill during the flight. On a side note; when working C it is impossible to properly brief the exit row passengers without taking a mask partially off one's face. The customers cannot hear us; understand us; and as I previously reported; I had to remove a passenger from the exit row because it was impossible to tell how old he was with his face covered up.Masks cannot be feasibly worn for 7-10 hour duty days. Masks only need to be worn during boarding; deplaning and walk throughs. This is becoming a huge safety issue.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.