It might also be pertinent to ask why the national carrier, who only yesterday claimed that person to person transmission was highly unlikely (BS that was sent to pilots also from their union-thanks to the QF folk that forwarded it!) has continued to operate there.
The list of airlines ceasing mainland China flying is growing and a lot of it is the purview of "workplace safety"
- Air France
- KLM
- Turkish Airways
- British Airways
- American Airlines
- Cathay Pacific (Halving capacity)
- Finnair (something similar)
Christian Porter, the Attorney General of Backwater Australia, will need to get a hustle on to push through the union busting bill..
Those pesky unions keep getting in the way...
https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...22a16e4f9aa692
Where is the pilot leadership?
Is the Qantas pilot union doing anything other than vying for management office positions? Only yesterday they repeated to fallacy that person to person transmission is unlikely.
- Aircraft filtration systems are more than adequate to effectively filter the air.
- The virus is not easily transmitted from person to person; unlike SARS.
Phew, just as well, the Germans, Japanese and Americans must be lying.
Don't worry though there will be a conga line of volunteers, coming in on a day off, carrying minimum fuel, all resplendent with those white plastic hats.