Flight attendant reported numerous passengers did not complying with face policy during flight.

Narrative:

We had approximately XXX passengers in coach. Many of the passengers were traveling in large groups/families. All came on with masks; but during boarding; masks started to come off and many were worn under the nose. It was a bit chaotic during boarding because about 1/2 of the passengers remained standing in the aisle; looked around to change seats; etc. Pas were made and we followed the new covid-19 guidelines. However; during the flight; almost all of the many children would not wear their masks. Many of the adults wore their masks under their nose or not at all. We spent the entire flight reminding them to wear the masks. The parents did not enforce this with the children. Passengers around the families complained about the lack of social distancing because of the standing and no masks. I had to re-seat passengers who felt unsafe.as a crew member; I felt we followed what was expected of us; however; there were so many passengers who did not follow the covid-19 prevention guidelines. I do feel that we as flight attendants and passengers traveling in the coach cabin were at higher risk of being exposed to covid-19 if anyone on the flight was infected. Many of [the] passengers were in non-compliance in all phases of the flight. The purser came back to speak with the groups that were not in compliance; but it did not change the behavior of the passengers. Additionally; we were over the ocean; any threat of landing immediately to remove the non-compliant passengers could not be accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported numerous passengers did not complying with face policy during flight.

Narrative: We had approximately XXX passengers in coach. Many of the passengers were traveling in large groups/families. All came on with masks; but during boarding; masks started to come off and many were worn under the nose. It was a bit chaotic during boarding because about 1/2 of the passengers remained standing in the aisle; looked around to change seats; etc. PAs were made and we followed the new COVID-19 guidelines. However; during the flight; almost all of the many children would not wear their masks. Many of the adults wore their masks under their nose or not at all. We spent the entire flight reminding them to wear the masks. The parents did not enforce this with the children. Passengers around the families complained about the lack of social distancing because of the standing and no masks. I had to re-seat passengers who felt unsafe.As a crew member; I felt we followed what was expected of us; however; there were so many passengers who did not follow the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. I do feel that we as flight attendants and passengers traveling in the coach cabin were at higher risk of being exposed to COVID-19 if anyone on the flight was infected. Many of [the] passengers were in non-compliance in all phases of the flight. The purser came back to speak with the groups that were not in compliance; but it did not change the behavior of the passengers. Additionally; we were over the Ocean; any threat of landing immediately to remove the non-compliant passengers could not be accomplished.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1767981
Time
Date	202010
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Environment
Light	Night
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)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 35 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 3 Flight Attendant Total 35 Flight Attendant Type 90
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct