Originally Posted by
Beer Baron
Precisely.
Could Qantas have stood us down during the GFC because the collapse in bookings was outside of their control? Can they use that excuse every time there is a recession?
At some point the effect of the recession needs to be separated from the effect of the pandemic, even if one lead to the other.
I don’t believe you can stand down employees simply due to a lack of demand. However it will almost certainly be decided in court one day.
this is very different
1) Australia is the only country in the world which is currently preventing its citizens from leaving their home country. Anyone who want to leave Australia must obtain a ABF exemption.
The outbound travel restriction must be removed and made like the U.K./Singapore to strongly discourage travel to destinations with high covid rates. Singapore also state they will not pay for covid treatment if people choose to travel.
2) inbound caps on arrival passengers.
There is around 1 million Australians living outside Australia which are unable to return due to inbound caps which can be as little as 30 on a flight. Must move to a model where passengers are tested prior to travel and must have a negative result 72 hrs before travel and then to be placed in hotel quarantine until the result of a test taken on arrival is known. If that test is negative, quarantine at home for 14 days with a secondary test performed on day 10.
3) remove double quarantine requirements. At the moment a passenger arriving in SYD needs to do 14 days hotel quarantine in SYD, snd then do another 14 days in another state.
Have a test on arrival, wait for the result, if negative can transit do destination to do quarantine.