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Xtreme87 03-14-2020 05:16 AM

30 day shut down of air travel must happen
 
Given the hysteria, It’s only going to get worse. This is honestly the only option for salvaging our industry. Hit the reset button. The virus peaks and starts to decline. They announce an aggressive deep cleaning campaign. Come back with a bang. They need to rip the bandaid off right now though. Otherwise just putting along for months with falling bookings and hemorrhaging money is just going to burn through cash even faster. This is a psychological virus more than anything.

daOldMan 03-14-2020 05:19 AM


Originally Posted by Xtreme87 (Post 2997684)
Given the hysteria, It’s only going to get worse. This is honestly the only option for salvaging our industry. Hit the reset button. The virus peaks and starts to decline. They announce an aggressive deep cleaning campaign. Come back with a bang. They need to rip the bandaid off right now though. Otherwise just putting along for months with falling bookings and hemorrhaging money is just going to burn through cash even faster. This is a psychological virus more than anything.

This is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard. It would take 90 days just to get things spun back up again.

GhettoJet 03-14-2020 05:28 AM


Originally Posted by Xtreme87 (Post 2997684)
Given the hysteria, It’s only going to get worse. This is honestly the only option for salvaging our industry. Hit the reset button. The virus peaks and starts to decline. They announce an aggressive deep cleaning campaign. Come back with a bang. They need to rip the bandaid off right now though. Otherwise just putting along for months with falling bookings and hemorrhaging money is just going to burn through cash even faster. This is a psychological virus more than anything.

You are correct. This is a pretty long article, but has a lot of in depth analysis.

Link to Article

StandardBrief 03-14-2020 06:10 AM


Originally Posted by Xtreme87 (Post 2997684)
Given the hysteria, It’s only going to get worse. This is honestly the only option for salvaging our industry. Hit the reset button. The virus peaks and starts to decline. They announce an aggressive deep cleaning campaign. Come back with a bang. They need to rip the bandaid off right now though. Otherwise just putting along for months with falling bookings and hemorrhaging money is just going to burn through cash even faster. This is a psychological virus more than anything.

Maybe you can help save your company cash and quit your job right now.

labbats 03-14-2020 06:29 AM

If this was some flesh eating bacteria then sure I would agree with you. It’s the flu.

Grumpyaviator 03-14-2020 06:48 AM


Originally Posted by labbats (Post 2997737)
If this was some flesh eating bacteria then sure I would agree with you. It’s the flu.

...and the survival rate is almost 100%, except for the elderly and pre-existing conditions, and even then the mortality rate is very low.

If I knew how to paste a doc here I could share a very interesting spread sheet.

ak68W 03-14-2020 06:48 AM

Media needs to stop spreading panic over the common cold virus. The idiotic masses need to go back to work and school and quit buying ramen and toilet paper. Sorry people it’s everywhere, you can’t hide from it, and it’s just not that bad for people without pre existing conditions. (Same as any other cold virus or flu). Media wants to ruin the economy since it’s an election year and that’s the main driving factor.

Name User 03-14-2020 06:52 AM

If the Admin had restricted travel from Asia back in Jan with everyone coming in getting tested before being released through customs, you can bet the media would claim it was xenophobia from the current admin.

You really can't win with those pricks, which is why I no longer watch the news.

Grumpyaviator 03-14-2020 06:53 AM


Originally Posted by ak68W (Post 2997767)
Media needs to stop spreading panic over the common cold virus. The idiotic masses need to go back to work and school and quit buying ramen and toilet paper. Sorry people it’s everywhere, you can’t hide from it, and it’s just not that bad for people without pre existing conditions. (Same as any other cold virus or flu). Media wants to ruin the economy since it’s an election year and that’s the main driving factor.

It’s possible activists are sensationalizing this to create a recession to affect the election (see some comments by Bill Maher who supports this strategy), and the administration is going to the extreme as a response.

Better for Washington to go beyond what’s necessary than to be criticized for not doing enough.

OOfff 03-14-2020 06:56 AM


Originally Posted by Grumpyaviator (Post 2997774)
It’s possible activists are sensationalizing this to create a recession to affect the election (see some comments by Bill Maher who supports this strategy), and the administration is going to the extreme as a response.

Better for Washington to go beyond what’s necessary than to be criticized for not doing enough.

yep. Italy shut down its entire economy to push trump toward a loss.


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