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DrJekyll MrHyde 03-14-2020 09:21 PM

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stbloc 03-14-2020 09:32 PM


Originally Posted by m78fl370 (Post 2998606)
Got me there. I see why you’re all worked up though. Probably watching the news 24/7, only stopping long enough to go out and try to procure 45 jumbo pallets of toilet paper.

I could only find 20.

FetaCheese 03-14-2020 09:35 PM

If this drawdown is still going on in July/August...then there may be a problem. Again, this virus will be contained in the U.S. in a matter of months..at the latest. Until then it’s all drastic measures and shocks to the system. None of it means anything in the long term. Remember that Delta is parking..what? 300 planes? It’s not just us.

LumberJack 03-14-2020 09:46 PM

By my count it's 350 planes total.

Widebodies: 111 of 149
Narrowbodies: 239 of 798

wrxpilot 03-14-2020 09:50 PM


Originally Posted by FetaCheese (Post 2998584)
Perhaps, but this seems to be driven by Trump putting the country on lock down. Once this virus is under control, which for all intents and purposes seems like it’s a matter of weeks to months, the international borders will open back up. And with that, international flights.

Have Delta and United suspended all their international flying? It would help put this into context if we knew.

I'm literally looking at the Hong Kong International airport right now, which has been a widebody parking lot for over a month. I was in Shanghai-Pudong last month, and it was absolutely deserted. One of the busiest airports in the world and it felt like it was abandoned inside the terminal.

But you think this is a Trump conspiracy?

FetaCheese 03-14-2020 10:41 PM


Originally Posted by wrxpilot (Post 2998631)
I'm literally looking at the Hong Kong International airport right now, which has been a widebody parking lot for over a month. I was in Shanghai-Pudong last month, and it was absolutely deserted. One of the busiest airports in the world and it felt like it was abandoned inside the terminal.

But you think this is a Trump conspiracy?

wow. There’s currently a travel ban to all of Europe, Asia, and the list is growing. It’s called reality. You may want to turn off Fox News.

wrxpilot 03-14-2020 10:53 PM


Originally Posted by FetaCheese (Post 2998650)
wow. There’s currently a travel ban to all of Europe, Asia, and the list is growing. It’s called reality. You may want to turn off Fox News.

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​​​​​Dude, I've been living this crap for almost two months in Asia. The reality is that this won't be over next week, as apparently most Americans seem to think.

FetaCheese 03-14-2020 11:04 PM


Originally Posted by wrxpilot (Post 2998652)
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​​​​​Dude, I've been living this crap for almost two months in Asia. The reality is that this won't be over next week, as apparently most Americans seem to think.

It'll be over just as soon as

A. People chill the F out and realize this isn't the Black Plague

B. The spread of the virus is controlled
C. A vaccine is developed

Or

D. American's well known A.D.D. kicks in and they get bored with hunkering down in their homes with toilet paper.

This wasn't taken seriously enough in the beginning..with too many on one side of this country calling it a fake conspiracy for too long. Then, all of a sudden it's been one overblown knee jerk reaction after another. The dust will settle in a matter of months.

Brokeasspot 03-14-2020 11:19 PM

What’s the plan when a domestic travel ban gets issued?

at6d 03-15-2020 12:13 AM

Let’s see. Seattle and New York in 3...2...1...


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