Narrative:

The passenger occupying seat X3; throughout boarding; taxi; takeoff; most of the flight; as well as descent; final descent; landing and taxi in; was not wearing a mask. I asked him numerous times to put on his mask. He avoided complying by having a bag of apples slices next to him and every few minutes or two putting one into his mouth and slowly chewing it. So technically; he was eating; as well as occasionally coughing; throughout the majority of the flight. After making one final plea; telling him that he was making me very uncomfortable and to please put on his mask; and his insistence that he was eating; I opted to occupy the middle seat; in row X; (seat 4) for landing; as to not have to sit within 6 feet of this passenger who was very obviously using loopholes to not comply with airlines mask policy. I informed the a flight attendant prior to being seated for landing that I would not be sitting in my assigned seat; and as we were on final descent when I made this decision; it was too late contact the flight deck to request an ops supervisor to meet the aircraft.

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Title: Flight Attendant reported a passenger was not complying with the face mask policy.

Narrative: The passenger occupying seat X3; throughout boarding; taxi; takeoff; most of the flight; as well as descent; final descent; landing and taxi in; was not wearing a mask. I asked him numerous times to put on his mask. He avoided complying by having a bag of apples slices next to him and every few minutes or two putting one into his mouth and slowly chewing it. So technically; he was eating; as well as occasionally coughing; throughout the majority of the flight. After making one final plea; telling him that he was making me very uncomfortable and to please put on his mask; and his insistence that he was eating; I opted to occupy the middle seat; in row X; (seat 4) for landing; as to not have to sit within 6 feet of this passenger who was very obviously using loopholes to not comply with airlines mask policy. I informed the A Flight Attendant prior to being seated for landing that I would not be sitting in my assigned seat; and as we were on final descent when I made this decision; it was too late contact the flight deck to request an Ops Supervisor to meet the aircraft.

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.