When this all kicked off, I thought it was fairly obvious that the aviation industry wouldn’t get going again in any real sense before the beginning of next year. It seems people forgot this was likely when bojo started opening everything up again, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise, surely?
I don’t mean this to sound mean in any way - quite the opposite in fact. My point is, the actions being taken by airline management, brutal though they are in their tactics (and that needs to change), are based on these worst case numbers. That may actually be a good thing, in terms of our expectations going forward. Also, don’t forget that although the number of cases in the US is increasing, the death rate is actually going down. That’s good news, despite it not being reported as such.