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Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:47 am
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:47 am
Obviously flights are basically empty right now

But as things get going again will they only allow planes to be 1/3 full or something?

Airlines will never recover.

All this for a virus that has about 0.1% chance of killing your average passenger.

Fragile old people and unhealthy people arent generally flying anywhere as much as healthy people do.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:49 am to
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Fragile old people and unhealthy people arent generally flying anywhere as much as healthy people do.


And here's TD's allotment of bullshite for the day.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:50 am to
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unhealthy people arent generally flying anywhere as much as healthy people do.



this isn't true at all
Posted by Floyd Dawg
Silver Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2018
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:50 am to
My guess is they will block middle seats for a while.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45565 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:51 am to
I’m starting to see a lot of chatter behind the scenes that this virus was purposely released by the global warming crowd in coordination with an insider at the WHO. The data is all there, it’s just a matter of connecting the dots and following the timeline.
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:51 am to
quote:

Fragile old people and unhealthy people arent generally flying anywhere as much as healthy people do.


Know how I know you must never fly?
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:53 am to
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:53 am to
quote:

Fragile old people and unhealthy people arent generally flying anywhere as much as healthy people do.


Do you know how many fat fricks and old people I sit next to on a flight in the average year?
Posted by HollierThanThou
Member since Jan 2012
6284 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:53 am to
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Airlines will never recover.



Yes they will. But it will probably take a few years.

Hell this may force them to be a bit more customer friendly instead of treating flyers like freight.
Posted by Bluefin
The Banana Stand
Member since Apr 2011
13527 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:57 am to
I heard Spirit Airlines is considering implementing a "social distancing" fee that charges you $250 and requires you to insert a dildo in your arse just so you can get an extra 5 inches of separation from your fellow passengers.
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:58 am to
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unhealthy people arent generally flying anywhere

you must never have flown thru houston
Posted by jscrims
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Member since May 2008
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:00 am to
The fact commercial planes are still flying show the whole idea of social distancing is not for our protection or reducing the spread.

*changed to highlight commercial passenger flights
This post was edited on 4/16/20 at 10:05 am
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:01 am to
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The fact planes are still flying show the whole idea of social distancing is not for our protection or reducing the spread.




Right, because cargo still doesn't need to be flown and there is no such thing as essential travel
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132688 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:01 am to
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this isn't true at all


You think fragile nursing home patients fly at the same rate as the general public?
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Member since Jun 2009
89400 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:02 am to
quote:

You think fragile nursing home patients fly at the same rate as the general public?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132688 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:02 am to
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Do you know how many fat fricks and old people I sit next to on a flight in the average year?


A lot less than the proportion of those people in the general public
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:02 am to
quote:

You think fragile nursing home patients fly at the same rate as the general public?


I think the average 75 year old flies as much as the average person and certainly the average fat frick.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59352 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:03 am to
So are we talking about unhealthy people or nursing home residents?

Over 30% of our country is considered obese
This post was edited on 4/16/20 at 10:04 am
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11843 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:04 am to
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Hell this may force them to be a bit more customer friendly instead of treating flyers like freight.


If there was money in treating customers better someone would be doing it. Airlines have historically been a money pit.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132688 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:05 am to
Your average regular airplane passenger is healthier than the population as a whole.

If you dont believe that I dont know what to tell you
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