Originally Posted by
KRviator
And what do you foresee happening if neither of those things come to fruition? Just keep the WA border closed for all eternity because that's what 2.2M people want? What about the other 23M Australian citizens? You don't think they should have a say in being able to enter WA? WA residents need to realise they are not their own country - even if they'd like to be - and the Constitution was framed so as to give protection to an individual citizen from protection against a State singling out their residence as grounds for discrimination. Same for trade & commerce.
Well both of those things will happen, you just need to be patient. Being an Airline discussion it comes as no surprise you think the way you do. A pandemic hasn't happened like this for 100 years, Airlines are the first effected and the last to recover when there's a crisis, an industry hazard. The last 30 years of growth in air travel hasn't happened before either, you have grown up with it, it's natural to think that is forever. Well nothing is forever, airlines will again be deeply impacted by something like this, all it would take is an armed conflict to break out between China and the USA, that would be even worse than a pandemic. One thing is for sure air travel will change one way or another eventually. It's just another issue we can't keep ignoring, like plastics in the ocean.