Are any of you folks taking precautions like self isolating from your family when you get home from a trip? I’ve heard of a few instances where pilots are staying away from home and just wondering if any of y’all are doing this or thought about it ..has it crossed anyone’s mind ?

 

Mixed responses with UPS guys. Some guys are taking hotels, using their RV’s, secondary residences, complete and total isolation. Others are self quarantining while many are going home but trying to self isolate as much as possible - wash clothes as soon as arriving, limiting contact with family, sleeping in a separate bed, taking temperature multiple times a day. We had some debate on our internal forums as to what healthcare workers and first responders are doing and whether we should be doing something similar (they’re a mixed bag too) but the thread faded out before arriving at any consensus or conclusion.

I’m still debating. At a minimum when I first arrive home I’ll strip down and launder everything, shower, and leave the suitcase and flight bag in the garage. No physical contact with the family, constant hand washing, probably use the guest bed. I’ll start taking my temperature frequently and at the first sign of a fever or any symptoms I’ll bug out to a hotel.

 

IMO

Check your temperature 3x day, monitor for anosmia (loss of smell), and if either of those happen self-isolate from your family to a bedroom, mancave, hotel, camper, etc. and seek testing/medical attention if necessary...otherwise, live as normal of a life as possible within the bounds of current social distancing guidelines.

Caveat emptor, YMMV, past results not indicative of future performance, etc....

 

I offered to sleep in guest room, but fiancé didn’t want that unless I show symptoms. Even though she has asthma. She took my temperature and sprayed me down with Lysol when I walked through the door and the luggage is in the basement.

Now, if I only I could find a thermometer to take on the road. Every store is out. Guess I’ll have to take our houses only one until the company can pass some out.

We discussed a couple option should I come down with it. I commute, so if it’s in base it’s I’ll go to a hotel (not the Crashpad), unless I feel ok enough to rent a car and drive home (12hr drive). At home it’s either guest room or the hotel down the street.

 

I have not changed a thing, other than throwing all clothes into washer instead of dirty clothes, wiping what I can with Clorox wipes both on the airplane and hotel, and washing hands often but esp when I enter the house, whether it be from a trip, or a grocery run.

I feel more exposed at the grocery store than at work, where the hotels are deserted and it’s easier to keep distance.

 

My son has asthma. You should be extremely careful with your fiancé. This could kill her.

 

This^^^^^^^^^^

 

At what point does all this become BS. We are out there as "Essential", but really? We are not in hospitals and most of what we are carrying is not essential. Is there a need? sure but to the extent we are flying a full schedule, I think not. WE are taking one for the team, at straight pay (or 4+30 plus if you go into China ). Is staff putting itself out there, are they self isolating when they get home from work, if they are even going into the office? Taking one for the team only goes so far. Stay safe!!

 

That blows, our company passed them out like candy to every pilot everywhere we went. Granted, they were probably for the bottom end and previously used at that. Ziplocks do not give me a warm fuzzy.

 

They were handing them out? Didn’t know that.