AMS Lounge under COVID-19
Jun 12, 20, 2:28 pm
#61
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Jun 12, 20, 2:40 pm
#62
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Thanks for the comprehensive report.
Schiphol has hit upon the bright idea of employing "health observers". These indivuals will ambulate through the terminals, searching for passengers and staff who are showing "symptoms of disease". What they will do once they find a diseased person is unclear.
Seriously, I'm not making this up! No doubt this innovative approach will cause the pandemic to vanish overnight. Somebody should nominate the airport for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine!
Source (in Dutch)
Johan
Seriously, I'm not making this up! No doubt this innovative approach will cause the pandemic to vanish overnight. Somebody should nominate the airport for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine!
Source (in Dutch)
Johan
Jun 12, 20, 2:40 pm
#63
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@palmanfr @f4free and @corporate-wage-slave thanks for the reports - looks like a massive improvement from 31 May when I flew...
Jun 14, 20, 1:15 pm
#66
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I showed my French passport (Issued by the Consulate in Amsterdam) and the agent immediately asked me if I was living in France to which I replied no. Then she asked me why I was coming here and for how long and replied that I normally could not enter but after her boss told her that she could tell that to me since I was a French passport holder and coming from the EU, I was allowed in and the senior officer confirmed that there was no home quarantine (since coming from the EU).
These tyrants in uniform have to be called out and examples made of them. Why not complain to the French Immigration department (or equivalent) with the time, location and name of the officer involved? Even if you don't remember the name, they have CCTV footage.
Jun 15, 20, 4:10 am
#67
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Jun 15, 20, 5:11 am
#68
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This is truly unbelievable. A citizen has the absolute right to freely enter and leave their country, at least my passports that I hold entitle me to do so, with the 2 countries I hold passports of.
These tyrants in uniform have to be called out and examples made of them. Why not complain to the French Immigration department (or equivalent) with the time, location and name of the officer involved? Even if you don't remember the name, they have CCTV footage.
These tyrants in uniform have to be called out and examples made of them. Why not complain to the French Immigration department (or equivalent) with the time, location and name of the officer involved? Even if you don't remember the name, they have CCTV footage.
Last edited by palmanfr; Jun 15, 20 at 5:20 am
Jun 15, 20, 5:15 am
#69
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I just boarded KL1416 in LYS now, just in case you fly from France, it seems that only surgical type masks are allowed (and not my washable mask I had on the way to come here). When I checked my bag in, a friendly AF agent told me that I needed to change my mask for a surgical type one, and fortunately I had a couple with me. Looks like it's mostly for AF operated flights though, KLM once on board seems fine With any type of masks. No lounge in LYS open, and they asked us to fill in a form in French and English which they haven't picked up. However, the gate staff started their announcement by saying that I was good to see passengers back and thanked us for travelling today. I also saw the flight attendants and some ground staff handling the Lufthansa cityline flight from and to MUC taking selfies together (they are parked next to us). Travel is slowly picking up...
Jun 15, 20, 3:04 pm
#71
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for the CDG AF lounges, some recent news were posted in the lounge thread in the AF sub-forum.
Jun 16, 20, 2:34 am
#72
Join Date: Feb 2017
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- From CDG, AF didn't care which kind each had,
- From MPL, while boarding, they distributed surgical type ones to people that had other types, as it's "our standard".
Jun 16, 20, 9:01 am
#73
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The lady at check-in told me that the lounge will not reopen in the "near future". For the face masks in LYS I am not sure if they were providing any free of charge. The vending machines were selling 5 masks for 5 and a kit containing 2 masks and 1 hand sanitizer gel for something like 4. The relay shop was selling boxes of 50 face masks for 45 IIRC.
Jun 16, 20, 6:09 pm
#74
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This is truly unbelievable. A citizen has the absolute right to freely enter and leave their country, at least my passports that I hold entitle me to do so, with the 2 countries I hold passports of.
These tyrants in uniform have to be called out and examples made of them. Why not complain to the French Immigration department (or equivalent) with the time, location and name of the officer involved? Even if you don't remember the name, they have CCTV footage.
These tyrants in uniform have to be called out and examples made of them. Why not complain to the French Immigration department (or equivalent) with the time, location and name of the officer involved? Even if you don't remember the name, they have CCTV footage.
