Originally Posted by
CALMSP
this is why I think a full US airline shutdown is coming. You can't tell people to stay away from each other then have a plane with a whole bunch of people flying around (and beyond that with an a/c flying multiple legs)
Unlikely. Under that same argument you'd also be seeing public transit shut down across the country. The point of banning airilne travel is to reduce the spread into a new area. Every state has coronoavirus and most places are hotspots due to community spread, not importing new cases. Additionally with airports being so empty there is effective social distancing within there, and airplanes flying at 20% capacity, ther eis plenty of opportunities to distance yourself by spreading out among rows, which I've never had a FA raise issue about people relocating themself within the same cabin as long as W&B is okay.. Not to mention airlines do ban people showing symptoms of significant illness from flying, that was the case even before the COVID19 outbreak. Additionally completely closing airline travel will impair the ability of essential personnel to relocate and provide assistance as the pandemic continues to evolve.
The measure which will reduce air travel down airlines voluntarily continuing to trim their schedules in order to conserve cash flow.