Originally Posted by
24left
Agreed.
I really don't want this thread to get sidetracked with debate on whether anyone should or should not fly AC, internationally, to the U.S. or domestically. And regardless of how you interpret the messages in the media and from the government (neither of which have been clear), you cannot encourage people who DON'T HAVE TO FLY, to go out and buy tickets on AC to keep them in business.
AC has cash on hand, they will do as all other airlines have done recently and park aircraft, redeploy aircraft and reduce staff.
There have already been posts from the likes of the Alberta government with a recent list of AC flights on which there were infected pax and/or crew.
Do not sound the call for everyone to do their civic duty and go fly AC just to support the company or the staff. You don't know which pax or FAs might have the virus from their travels and there is no need to add to the workload.
I would add to that that even with the recommendation to avoid traveling and stay home (but hopefully not "do nothing" as a previous poster said), airlines and in particular AC must continue flying for a little while because of the many people still abroad for whom it is recommended to come back to Canada. Exposing crews indeed, and also contributing to an increase of cases in Canada since they are mostly coming from places which are ahead of us in the cycle of the epidemics. Which is not going to make things better here, but still, needs to be done. We cannot leave those folks out in the cold, especially in the US where saving their skin will leave them broke.
So yes, AC still needs to be flying people back for a few more days. But also agreed that the long term prospects of airlines ought to be far down our priority list at this point, and too bad for shareholders, but sorry for employees. Priority being for us to stay alive, especially for people like us, past seventy hence higher risk.