FDXpilot

HKG peeps are saying we need support! There are many factors that affect so many families in different ways. Masks and personal protection equipment are in short supply. Panic mode has set in here. Many wanting to evac their families.

There are families that are unable to get medical treatment for very basic issues. Such as basic appointments for meds to necessary MRI appointments. Unable to get appointments due to the fact that Doctors are unwilling to see patients that have been in contact with people that have been in China in the previous 14 days. The situation is drastically changing day by day.

Children are unable to attend school. There are several case of people's children unable to attend school (especially outside of HK. HK has canceled school for weeks during the outbeak) because their parents have had to go to work in China in the last 14 days. This will perpetuallly leave them in limbo until the parent(s) are not flying anymore. Basically if you have been to China in the last 14 days you're a social pariah.

Flight cancellations out of HKG have created a back log, and some families have found it hard to depart HK. So many flights canceled. (Not that it matters, because if you return to the states, you are probably on quarantine anyways.) There are some families finding that there is nowhere to go. Most of the border entries from China to HK have closed.

HK just recently announced a mandatory 14 day quarantine period for people returning from China. Not sure how this is really gonna affect our ops. Might be that our pilots won't be able to work for 2 weeks after flying a trip. Many changing factors each day. Possiblity of being put into quarantine is high.

Grocery stores are running out of supplies. (At least mine is) Out of bread, toilet paper, and other basics, with no insight of replenishment soon. (This is not the same as in the states, we don't have cars here, so going to another store usually not an option.)

There are several countries that won't let us operate into their countries due to us being in China recently either, without a quarantine period. This is quite confusing as to which countries we can legally operate into and out of. So far we've just been winging it. This has created confusion, and many reroutes and cancellations. Singapore for example requires us to stay in the airport terminal hotel and not leave the terminal. Its suprising that we are able to operate there at all.

I can't really say how this will all play out. Its not getting better at this point. Only getting worse.