Originally Posted by UAFAM (Post 32761960)

Its very interesting that media didn't make headline about a passenger death due to Covid while onboard an airplane!

Originally Posted by cfischer (Post 32761966)

:confused: they are ... which is why we have this thread ...

Originally Posted by Weatherboy (Post 32761165)

But other than allowing passengers to self-certifying all is well, it seems United really has no process for dealing with COVID+ on-board. No one has posted their experience with being caught-up in on-board contact tracing yet.

Originally Posted by bocastephen (Post 32761979)

Why is why I don't see travel ever picking up again at a normal pace until there is a highly reliable, instant-read test that can be applied to each passenger during their journey into the airport (or hotel/mall/building). You read positive, back outside to do a nasal or blood test to confirm, you read negative, you can come inside. Couple that with a vaccine, and we might even have buffets again one day.

Originally Posted by Weatherboy (Post 32761165)

But other than allowing passengers to self-certifying all is well, it seems United really has no process for dealing with COVID+ on-board. No one has posted their experience with being caught-up in on-board contact tracing yet.

Originally Posted by Often1 (Post 32764151)

Nor should UA have any such process. This is a public health matter and it is dealt with -- if at all -- by local jurisdictions.

Originally Posted by DELee (Post 32761969)

Even FT:Texas Confirms COVID-19 Death Aboard Aircraft

David

Originally Posted by bocastephen (Post 32764504)

United is most definitely responsible for both reporting an onboard contagion and informing every passenger who was on board their inbound and outbound flights, and anyone who might have been at their gate or any of the adjacent gates.

Originally Posted by Weatherboy (Post 32758624)

With the testing regime up for Hawaii flights, there's a larger volume of flyers that know their status. It looks like AA will prevent you from flying and will ban you for flying for 2 weeks after a positive test result, even if you subsequently test negative. Does UA do something similar?

Originally Posted by HumbleBee (Post 32761919)

Not necessarily Covid related, but a passenger sitting next to me on EWR-FLL today had a seizure for the first time in her life.

A medic who happened to be onboard responded. When things calmed down, the FA used his tablet to document the incident & compensate the medic. After the FA choose the most severe category of assistance in medical emergency, the system gave him a $75 ETC.

Originally Posted by UAFAM (Post 32764611)

It happened back in July, info has just been released (3 months after), it occurred on Spirit flight (middle seat was not blocked), obviously they did not inform other passengers onboard, otherwise we would have heard this news 90 days ago. Spirit LAS-DFW flight.
I am pretty sure there are a handful of covid positive on every flight!
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/he...c-8f43610a0ca4



Either way I agree you can't really expect a different outcome from an airline, when their gate agent takes COVID safety measures so seriously:
note: its OAK based gate agent.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...6a90e81a5.jpeg

Originally Posted by 94010flyer (Post 32781744)

Seriously, your checklist to be ready to fly, requires that you " have not received a positive COVID test" rather than requiring that "you have received a negative test result". Who's the idiot who designed that checklist???

"The passenger started the trip with a "pending" test result, which exposes the loophole that allowed this to happen. Oddly, Hawaii-bound passengers are not required to show their negative test results at mainland airports prior to boarding. Instead, Hawaii's Health Department checks the passengers' test results when they get off the plane in the islands. Which means you can get a test before flying, not know your results when you board and test positive upon arrival."

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/articl...P-CP-Spotlight

Originally Posted by 94010flyer (Post 32781744)

Seriously, your checklist to be ready to fly, requires that you " have not received a positive COVID test" rather than requiring that "you have received a negative test result". ....