Originally Posted by
Waterhorse
Yes, you are free to question the rules but also BA are obliged to follow them, irrespective of your self referenced expertise or not. When, and if, they change, then BA will follow the new rules. Whether you agree with the logic, based upon your own reading of whatever books, articles, peer reviewed or otherwise is wholly irrelevant.
I've never stated that the rules mustn't be obeyed...that's merely your imputation. I'm expressing an opinion, and presented reasoning that the rationale
provided by FTers for the rules "Dengue is awful, that's why we must do this" is faulty.
Given that FT is full of opinions about the most trivial things, let alone serious ones, not sure why you're going out of your way to suggest that my opinion, based on presented logic, is far more hot air than others'...but heck, if it makes your day...
I suspect (but happy to be proven wrong) that it may be that the logic explained to BA and other airline staff for spraying may be at fault (e.g. Dengue is awful, it's transmitted by mosquitoes, that's why we must spray aircraft)...either way, given that we will continue to have further encroachment of Aedes mosquitoes into new territories, with all the spraying of aircraft in the world, spray away!
tb