Originally Posted by
joeninety
Sometimes people need reminded that its not only their lives that they, are risking, but the other people they might infect and kill.
A well-made point - even though it has been made many, many times before.
And of course it applies not just to air travel but to the multitude of reasons why some people in the UK seem to find cause to be out & about despite the Government guidelines. The range of ‘justifications’ you hear (eg on various radio programmes and phone-ins focussing on the pandemic) can be little short of astonishing.
Originally Posted by
allturnleft
Agreed you could argue its not the airlines responsibility to enforce safety but should be government restrictions placed on air transport
For a country that now boasts the highest death toll in Europe, such restrictions are the absolute minimum you would expect ; and yet right now we could hardly be taking a more liberal approach.
Given that so many individuals have their own particular perspective as to what constitutes ‘essential travel’, I believe that all air travellers wanting to depart or come into the UK should have their respective reasons tested by means of questioning by the authorities. Some would certainly see such a policy as a curtailment of freedoms - and I’m personally far from keen on any travel restrictions in normal times. But with fatalities now well in excess of 30K, and counting ..... these are not normal times.