Originally Posted by goalie (Post 32238269)

:( and Rest In Peace

Originally Posted by dilanesp (Post 32238302)

They really do risk their health for our safety and comfort. They come into contact with so many travelers.

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 32235509)

I was really sad to hear this news - probably the first of many airline employees who will be impacted by the virus as they keep the country connected through this crisis :(


Let's be very clear - passenger airlines are not continuing to operate to "make a dollar" - they're realistically losing a lot of money on every flight they run, and they continue to operate as a public service to keep essential personnel and goods moving around the country.

A great example is enabling air cargo airlines (UPS, FedEx, DHL, Amazon Air, etc.) to continue operation - It's not so trivial to "keep flights open for cargo" without domestic passenger service since pilots for cargo airlines rely on passenger flights to commute to/from home and also for deadhead legs (very common in the air cargo industry due to pilot contractual provisions to protect circadian rhythms of pilots during overnight flying periods).

Grounding passenger flights would immediately have severe impacts on supply chains across the country. Mail service would be severely delayed, companies like Amazon wouldn't be able to deliver goods to customers in need in a timely manner, pharmaceutical companies wouldn't be able to quickly move medical supplies to hospitals and pharmacies, etc.

Originally Posted by clubord (Post 32251540)

Unfortunately, we lost another EWR coworker today.

Originally Posted by nachosdelux (Post 32232326)

true, but he is still dead. why does it matter where he was infected?????