Originally Posted by
jimmievegas
Look at his location. He's either a parody of a brexiteer or an actual brexiteer. Neither are likely to have anything relevant to bring to the discussion. Leave the scientific discussion of viral transmission to experts, not to a bunch of aviation people.
On that note, I found it interesting to see that IATA has decided there's no need to keep middle seats empty, despite scientific evidence to the contrary.
Its a case of, don't bother trying to prevent infection on the aircraft because its impossible and would make flying economically un-viable.
Instead a 14 day quarantine will catch those infected while flying.
but the quarantine rules are likely to tip the balance against it, especially for those unable to work from home (you would need to use an additional 14 days leave).
Thats about 50% of the population who can WFH. These are also generally the best paid and least likely to be losing their job in the near future.