Originally Posted by
SgtRyan
Secondly, does AA have any responsibility to inform the hotels that the person may have stayed at in the last week or two during his layovers (if he had any)?
I don't know about legal responsibility, but good practice (and good ethical judgment) would be to inform the hotels that he stayed at, if any, so that they can notify staff that cleaned the room, brought room service if he got it, checked him in, and possibly the driver of the shuttle. The network gets very broad, as well, because they'd have to consider cabin crew and flight crew he worked with, potentially gate agents working the flights, other crew in the crew lounge, and even passengers on the flights he worked.
There isn't much that can
actually be done, other than to tell all of those people that they may have been exposed, and to quarantine for two weeks since the time of exposure (which many may be doing anyway), and monitor for symptoms and act according to CDC guidelines.
Finally, my heart goes out to his family and friends. This is such a scary time.