Originally Posted by
Calchas
It is believed that transmission requires direct contact with the blood or secreted fluid of a symptomatic (or newly dead) patient. Transmission by airborne contact has not been documented. (
http://www.who.int/ith/updates/20140421/en/)
So I wouldn't be very happy sat next to a recently infected guy on a flight from JNB but it is more difficult to spread than the papers are suggesting.
I suspect that the suspension to ROB and FNA is to protect cabin crew during overnight stays rather than passengers from other passengers.
You could staff the flight with 2 crews, one for outbound, then resting back. Or do BA rules dictate business class for a "rest"?
AIUI, bodily fluids means the following
1) Infected person sneezes into hands
2) Infected person opens overhead locker
3) Uninfected person closes overhead locker, inherriting cooties
4) Uninfected person takes bread by hand, passing cooties on to other loaves
5) Uninfected person eats bread, ingesting fluids