Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
As I am greeting passengers and handing out wipes; Passenger X seated in X; boards the aircraft with mask barely covering his nose or mouth; him and his family. I gently as them to please cover nose and mouth to board; they comply. Keep in mind even kids barely have mask. They all boarded with mask on chin. When they get to their seats they still have it on. Now after pilots inform us that we are departing; Passenger X completely takes off his mask; passengers around him are looking uncomfortably anxious and he is looking to see if I am can see him.  Although the lights are dim in the cabin I can still see him and he sees me. I do a friendly gesture so he can put it on. He completely ignores me. Then when I get the 10;000 I get up to kindly ask him to place mask over nose and mouth; he complies and then as I walk away he takes it off. I let him know one more time announcements say. He doesn't comply and wife [has] her mask off too; to tell me why don't I leave him alone. At this point I head towards forward to inform pilots and they let me know to let him know one last time. When I informed him I spoke to the pilots and then finally after three gentle reminder; he and wife and kids comply.
Flight Attendant reported a passenger was not compliant with face mask policy.