The 10 commercial airline pilots argue that the court should 'vacate worldwide the FTMM (federal transportation mask mandate)' calling it an 'illegal and unconstitutional exercise of executive authority.'
In court paperwork, the 10 commercial airline pilots – who work for American JetBlue and Southwest – argued that the CDC issued an order "Requirement for Persons to Wear Masks While on Conveyances & at Transportation Hubs" on Feb. 1, 2020 "without providing public notice or soliciting comment."
A passenger wears a face mask she travels on a Delta Air Lines flight after taking off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Until then, the "CDC will work with government agencies to help inform a revised policy framework for when, and under what circumstances, masks should be required in the public transportation corridor," TSA said in a statement earlier this month. "This revised framework will be based on the COVID-19 community levels, risk of new variants, national data, and the latest science."