AA pilot has tested positive for Coronavirus
Mar 12, 2020, 6:40 pm
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Doesn't look like there's a story up about it yet as it's just out but Ana Cabrera just tweeted:
https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/statu...44107593625600
https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/statu...44107593625600
Mar 12, 2020, 6:56 pm
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/publ...-for-covid-19/ no real details yet
Mar 12, 2020, 7:52 pm
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Breaking News, Just IN.... American Airlines Pilot is Human! probably caught the Bug from a Pax with poor hygiene Practices, it was probably that guy sitting behind you on your last flight! 
Whomever the Pilot, I wish Him/Her a speedy recovery! RT
Whomever the Pilot, I wish Him/Her a speedy recovery! RT
Mar 13, 2020, 2:32 am
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Really? Not only do we need to suffer through the news stories about every single person who contracted Coronavirus, but Flyertalk will also turn into a panic room?
There are barely any travel related threads here already.
There are barely any travel related threads here already.
Mar 13, 2020, 5:53 am
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Doesn't look like there's a story up about it yet as it's just out but Ana Cabrera just tweeted:
https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/statu...44107593625600
https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/statu...44107593625600
Pilots sit in isolation in the cockpit so there is no concern about him/her breathing on me as a PAX
I'm fairly certain that pilots do not have a pre-flight routine of touching all the arm rests or coughing on the tray tables in the passenger cabin.
Sure, there is a possibility that the pilot used the bathroom on the plane - but everyone is taking extra precautions when using a public bathroom.
Much more worrying would be a headline
"Aircraft cleaner tests positive for Coronavirus"
Mar 13, 2020, 6:03 am
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Why is this newsworthy
Pilots sit in isolation in the cockpit so there is no concern about him/her breathing on me as a PAX
I'm fairly certain that pilots do not have a pre-flight routine of touching all the arm rests or coughing on the tray tables in the passenger cabin.
Sure, there is a possibility that the pilot used the bathroom on the plane - but everyone is taking extra precautions when using a public bathroom.
Much more worrying would be a headline
"Aircraft cleaner tests positive for Coronavirus"
Pilots sit in isolation in the cockpit so there is no concern about him/her breathing on me as a PAX
I'm fairly certain that pilots do not have a pre-flight routine of touching all the arm rests or coughing on the tray tables in the passenger cabin.
Sure, there is a possibility that the pilot used the bathroom on the plane - but everyone is taking extra precautions when using a public bathroom.
Much more worrying would be a headline
"Aircraft cleaner tests positive for Coronavirus"
Mar 14, 2020, 11:20 am
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But they do walk through public areas of an airport and some might even greet boarding passengers and interact with FAs who might be touching armrests, tray tables, serving drinks....
Mar 14, 2020, 12:30 pm
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But that was not really my point. Anyone taking a flight will interact with lots of people in the airport and on the flight.
Directly with - Checkin staff, baggage drop off, restaurant and shop staff, lounge agents, GAs and FAs, TSA
Indirectly with - general public in the terminal, other pax on the same flight, cleaners, security.
There are obviously many chances to come into contact with the virus. Highlighting any one group of people is meaning less. Saying a pilot has been a confirmed case only adds to the hysteria that flying is a high risk of contracting the virus.
Most people who get covid-19 will not catch via airports and airplanes. As far as i am aware the spread to other countries was by people who caught the virus in an infected country, there have been few cases where it was spread to other passengers on a flight
Any activity that means contact with large numbers of other people is a risk. Just being near other people is the risk.
In my view its already spread to the point where it will run almost uncontrolled through most countries. Closing international boarders after the disease has spread to a country is too late.
Italy, US and Norway, just to name three countries, are starting to close boarders. Is this to stop the virus entering the country - No its already there. Is this to stop the spread to other countries - no its already there.
Mar 14, 2020, 2:03 pm
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I agree.
But that was not really my point. Anyone taking a flight will interact with lots of people in the airport and on the flight.
Directly with - Checkin staff, baggage drop off, restaurant and shop staff, lounge agents, GAs and FAs, TSA
Indirectly with - general public in the terminal, other pax on the same flight, cleaners, security.
There are obviously many chances to come into contact with the virus. Highlighting any one group of people is meaning less. Saying a pilot has been a confirmed case only adds to the hysteria that flying is a high risk of contracting the virus.
Most people who get covid-19 will not catch via airports and airplanes. As far as i am aware the spread to other countries was by people who caught the virus in an infected country, there have been few cases where it was spread to other passengers on a flight
Any activity that means contact with large numbers of other people is a risk. Just being near other people is the risk.
In my view its already spread to the point where it will run almost uncontrolled through most countries. Closing international boarders after the disease has spread to a country is too late.
Italy, US and Norway, just to name three countries, are starting to close boarders. Is this to stop the virus entering the country - No its already there. Is this to stop the spread to other countries - no its already there.
But that was not really my point. Anyone taking a flight will interact with lots of people in the airport and on the flight.
Directly with - Checkin staff, baggage drop off, restaurant and shop staff, lounge agents, GAs and FAs, TSA
Indirectly with - general public in the terminal, other pax on the same flight, cleaners, security.
There are obviously many chances to come into contact with the virus. Highlighting any one group of people is meaning less. Saying a pilot has been a confirmed case only adds to the hysteria that flying is a high risk of contracting the virus.
Most people who get covid-19 will not catch via airports and airplanes. As far as i am aware the spread to other countries was by people who caught the virus in an infected country, there have been few cases where it was spread to other passengers on a flight
Any activity that means contact with large numbers of other people is a risk. Just being near other people is the risk.
In my view its already spread to the point where it will run almost uncontrolled through most countries. Closing international boarders after the disease has spread to a country is too late.
Italy, US and Norway, just to name three countries, are starting to close boarders. Is this to stop the virus entering the country - No its already there. Is this to stop the spread to other countries - no its already there.
No one really knows what's going on. Leave it to the experts.
