spray down before touch down (sin mnl on 3k)
Feb 22, 2017, 6:26 am
#16
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: LA,NYC
Programs: AA-EXP 2.8 MM,UA-GS 1.3 MM,DL-PL,HH-DM,LH-SEN,Bonvoy-GL
Posts: 296
just before landing, FA announced that the cabin was to be sprayed with a non toxic substance and they walked up and down the aisle spraying something from an aerosol can.
did not have any distinct smell.
is this disinfecting the passengers?
did not notice it in other routes, just sin mnl.
i am used to being made to step on lysol mats upon landing on domestic routes to agricultural provinces but being sprayed down in the cabin is new.
did not have any distinct smell.
is this disinfecting the passengers?
did not notice it in other routes, just sin mnl.
i am used to being made to step on lysol mats upon landing on domestic routes to agricultural provinces but being sprayed down in the cabin is new.
Feb 22, 2017, 10:49 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SMF
Posts: 1,251
New Zealand still does it, although its up to the airlines on how to implement. Many airlines choose to treat the materials within the aircraft with a pesticide so that the spray is unnecessary, but the FA unions for many airlines argue against it, as some evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to the material treatment has more risk than the aerosol spraying. I know for sure that HA chooses to do the aerosol method for flights into NZ, not sure about UA, AA, and others though.
