Well call me crazy but bookings rose during those times because the media stopped non stop focus on Covid and spent the month on BLM and the George Floyd murder; and because our bookings have been close in, people took a moment to focus on other things and many traveled. Ted even mentioned something along these in an earnings call.

For the last few weeks the media has been trying to push the CDC report on people being exposed to Covid on planes (even though they say they can’t definitively say where the person contracted Covid) but that hasn’t stuck with the public and it seems numbers are still holding steady and increasing; enough that more block hours are coming.

My 2 cents is people are now at the acceptance phase of Covid, many have the belief a vaccine will be available to Americans soon enough, and many more are educating themselves about the low probability of complications of it. Not trying to downplay, but it does seem Covid fatigue has really set in for most Americans and we now accept it as just a part of life for the moment. We are fortunate that we live in a country where we don’t have to “accept” many risks when we wake up each morning.

Nonetheless, many are putting their big boy pants on, doing what they can to limit exposure with masks, trying to social distance when able, and starting to live a life again