I like the thrust of the idea, but a few challenges:
- Who will administer the test? I assume a third or so of traffic originates at outstations, many of which have outsourced check-in - so beyond the fact these people are not medics, how will the testing be applied in a controlled manner?
- Who wants to travel to the airport to get an intrusive test done, with a not unsizeable chance they fail it?
- Governments have not been behaving fully rationally in this crisis - what's the chance that they change that now?
- And most importantly... if some half-wits at BA really sat and decided that it was biscuits but no pretzels for Band 2 CE, do you really think they're about to pay for COVID testing kits?