Originally Posted by
feltf4
How much longer you guys think we actually got? I can’t imagine we make it till May before we throw the towel in. As time goes on I feel like people are living in a fantasy land that any airline is going to make it outta this.
Honestly, I'm not sure. I was really hoping to see a jump in travel by holiday 2020, and I've been saying since this all started that I think TSA numbers will cross 1 million over the Thanksgiving travel week. I'm still planning/budgeting for furlough in May though.
That said I just flew for the first time in months on a quick turn down to FL. It already looks different from a pax point of view from 3 months ago (last time i flew). Nobody today was wearing a 1 piece painters suit, gloves and I only saw 1 faceshield. Back in July, and prior to that, May, it seemed like the few people who actually flew were suited up ready to enter a containment lab. Today the pax seemed to act like normal people, except they were all wearing masks. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
I think there is definitely pent up demand to go places, and the flight today was almost full to it's capped limit. No way this is sustainable for anyone though, from the airlines to the airports and businesses around them. Seeing the departures board with only half a dozen flights on it around noon time is very depressing. I think aviation is effed for quite some time.