Be Afraid, be very Afraid
ok the prime minister already pre-empt that when the containment is necessary (which is only a matter of time), one needs to be prepared for "disruption" I think loss of revenue is more of an appropriate phrase. It will also be inconveniently disrupt your balance sheets. Insurances will not reimburse loss of income in these sorts of situations.
Scenerios are already painted by the Federal government. Schools shut down, sports matches cancelled, workers stay home. Now what would happen to the borders? Yes Airports would be shut, flights all grounded.
Now if I remembered correctly, AJ had said that if the economy does not pick up, more deep cuts will result in the company.
If a pandemic is raised and borders shut, this would quantify and justify AJ's depper cuts into the already announced cuts. It would have come at a good time as management look to ways and excuses to cut staff and no one even the Union can than say anything.
Best case scenerio, a few days for shut borders and grounded air crafts. Worse case scenerio: unsure.
The economy has not picked up one bit since AJ last spoke to the media about the economy not picking up. With more debt and more deficits and more unemployment and more businesses going into the ground.
Air travel is the last priority as companies look to trim costs and families look to save, The rising Australian currency would mean less and less Americans would even contemplate traveling overseas. The European economy, along with Japan had contracted so much that Britain has lose its AAA credit rating as a country and Germany is struggling as well as Japan GDP is way below what it was after the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima.
The only hope once again, is China and of course Qantas has cut routes to China.
THE Federal Government's decision to move to a containment stage to deal with swine flu will be disruptive but necessary, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.
Mr Rudd said he had been briefed by Australia's chief medical officer and there had been 13 confirmed cases of the virus in Australia to date.
"The Government has acted in response to each and every recommendation put to the government by the professional health authorities across our nation," he said.
"This will of course involve inconvenience to communities as certain schools are temporarily closed down."
Mr Rudd said he understood that would cause inconvenience to families.
"However, we also have the responsibility for the public health of the nation and therefore we will take whatever actions are necessary to underpin the public health of the nation," he said.
Mr Rudd said the Government would continue to maintain the "closest possible dialogue" between the chief medical officer and his counterparts in each state and territory.
"As anything further emerges on this front we will act appropriately and act decisively".
He said the Government had previously ensured the nation had a "substantial stock" of anti-virals.
"We are well served by the presence of that stock of anti-virals at this time."
Following swine flu deaths abroad the Government was taking the disease "deeply seriously", Mr Rudd said.
"Every effort by our public health authorities has been taken to avoid deaths at home."
The Government's overwhelming responsibility was to take necessary preventative and containment action to reduce the risk of any fatalities.
He said the CMO had advised that all "necessary and proper measures to support containment" were being taken.