Coronavirus Kills United Airlines EWR Employee; Two Others Test Positive
Hello,
This was shared on my Facebook thread today. I'm afraid we will too soon learn of others who meet the same fate. God Speed. Coronavirus Kills United Airlines EWR Employee SAP *If this is not the appropriate thread for this my apologies in advance. |
Rest In Peace. Hard to fathom the speed between diagnosis and death.
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RIP:(!
People needs to take it seriously! My former family doctor in South Florida passed away from Coronavirus earlier today from being infected by patient he loved and cared for. To all frontline UA employees: Please Stay Safe! |
He could have gotten infected anywhere
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Originally Posted by mcbg1
(Post 32232199)
He could have gotten infected anywhere
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We need to shut down all domestic commercial flights. They can keep flights open for cargo, but it is not worth risking the lives of airline employees to make a dollar. Just as we are shutting down restaurants air travel should have already been shut down. Very sorry for the loss!
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Originally Posted by Pi7473000
(Post 32232465)
We need to shut down all domestic commercial flights. They can keep flights open for cargo, but it is not worth risking the lives of airline employees to make a dollar. Just as we are shutting down restaurants air travel should have already been shut down. Very sorry for the loss!
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Are there any more details on the UA flight attendant that died from COVID-19?
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Originally Posted by Weatherboy
(Post 32232765)
Are there any more details on the UA flight attendant that died from COVID-19?
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One transmission source I wonder is the boarding pass and boarding pass scanner.
It seems the face-down scanners (your barcode faces down) would get more contacts than the face-up scanners. Most of the domestic UA scanners I have seen are face-down. My last UA flight was on 2/28. Have they implemented any changes on that front recently (e.g. remind people to not have their phone / BP touch the scanner)? |
Originally Posted by username
(Post 32232840)
One transmission source I wonder is the boarding pass and boarding pass scanner.
It seems the face-down scanners (your barcode faces down) would get more contacts than the face-up scanners. Most of the domestic UA scanners I have seen are face-down. My last UA flight was on 2/28. Have they implemented any changes on that front recently (e.g. remind people to not have their phone / BP touch the scanner)? Are there any changes at TSA? Or do people still “drop” their phone on the scanner? |
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 :(
Originally Posted by Pi7473000
(Post 32232465)
We need to shut down all domestic commercial flights. They can keep flights open for cargo, but it is not worth risking the lives of airline employees to make a dollar. Just as we are shutting down restaurants air travel should have already been shut down. Very sorry for the loss!
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 Weatherboy
(Post 32232765)
Are there any more details on the UA flight attendant that died from COVID-19?
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
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May be confusing this with https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...suspected.html
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Originally Posted by clubord
(Post 32237297)
Unfortunately there has been a UA F/A death as well.
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