Originally Posted by
Sunfish
Lets get one thing straight...
Since the prohibition on cruise ships and an isolated case or two on cargo ships, there is only one other way that the country is now subjected to receiving infected individuals - international air travel.
That firstly means that bleating by international pilots and airlines is just that - self interested crap. The Federal Government and the states have already been overly generous, in my opinion, in permitting any international arrivals of passengers at all.
Given that generosity, it is even worse when we hear International pilots carping about lockdown conditions, etc., when the need for such measures is directly caused by their employers activities.
It should also be of interest to domestic RPT pilots because without the constant stream of infected individuals from overseas we would have beaten this virus by now and could have reopened the whole domestic RPT and tourism market
My suggestion is that there should be only two quarantine locations Christmas and Manus Islands. No one gets to land here unless they are tested Covid free for fourteen days.
Seriously Christmas Island and Manus Island? Yeah that’s a great solution, logistically very easy to achieve and really helps getting cargo into Aus, brilliant.
Let’s look at what is currently working, erm Howard Springs! There have been no cases escape, so now maybe it’s time to ramp up the facility and capability. No doubt Wagner’s will get their way and build another purpose built facility next to Wellcamp. HQ is far from perfect but what is the actual percentage of cases that have escaped into the community? So the holes in the ole Swiss need to be filled in. Perfect it ain’t but it’s all that is currently available.
Or the old fook off we’re full, is that what you prefer. Best tell that to all the Aussies who have been trying to get home since March. Some with over 8 cancelled flights, others paying huge fares due to the caps. The QF charter flights are great but nowhere near enough.
I certainly want all kinds of travel back, even domestic travel without having to worry about borders and quarantine.
The solution?