Originally Posted by
Jim59
Not being part of the CAT industry I can understand why air transport might be at the bottom of the support list. Without passenger air transport irresponsibly carrying the virus to virtually every corner of this planet in a remarkably short period of time we would not have this pandemic that is causing so much harm to the rest of the economy - not to mention those who unfortunately have not recovered or will not in the future. APT to/from affected areas should have ceased right at the start. It didn't due to greed.
Quite right, third time too, it was the commercial air carriers during Spanish Flu and the Black Death.