Posted on 05/11/2020 12:07:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
it’s a business. they need to make money. half-empty planes don’t make money. you fly at your own risk...
Dagen McDowell went positively ballistic about this on FBN this morning. She’s such a Karen.
My recent flight was changed twice and still ended up being pleasantly 1/3 full.
Also super cheap.
Their masks look snug and well fit...NOT.
NO goggles to protect those moist eyeballs, either.
What a joke so many parts of this are...
RE: NO goggles to protect those moist eyeballs, either.
And the air recirculates in the airplane.
It better recirculate so it goes through the HEPA filters to capture any floating virus-embedded particles. Also air in an airliner cabin circulates laterally, not down the length of the cabin. This further limits exposure to those within the same row of seats.
I think the masks and gloves are more important (and good enough) than the “social distancing” whereas the social distancing by itself would be meaningless in an enclosed space.
Airliner air probably much cleaner than in a Walmart or pot shop:
Aircraft Cleaning and Cabin environment — Keeping you safe within our experience
Southwest Promise
Southwest Airlines aircraft are maintained in accordance with an established program aimed at providing a clean and inviting cabin environment. In addition to tidying each aircraft between flights, we spend more than six hours cleaning each aircraft every night. As of March 4, 2020, we have enhanced our overnight cleaning procedures.
Typically, we use an EPA approved, hospital-grade disinfectant in the lavatories and an interior cleaner in the cabin. Now, we are expanding the use of the hospital-grade disinfectant throughout the aircraft, and it will be used in the cabin, on elements in the flight deck, and in the lavatory. These procedures meet or exceed recommendations from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
All of our aircraft are equipped with HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Air) filters, which filter out airborne particles as the air onboard is recirculated with outside air. These same HEPA filters are used in many hospitals to enhance air quality within this environment.
Our aircraft are also designed with an air circulation system that mixes in fresh air from outside the plane. The HEPA filter and the air circulation system work together to provide optimum air quality while onboard a Southwest plane which, in most cases, exceeds the quality of air that can be found outdoors, as well as a typical office building or similar public venue. On average, a complete exchange of cabin air and outside air is accomplished every three minutes.
Learn how we’re protecting your health and wellness from check-in to deplaning.
https://www.southwest.com/Coronavirus/?clk=CORONAVIRUS_TA&cbid=4430033
The air system’s probably been mostly for fart handling.
He should’ve done his part and rented a car. I just don’t buy that if this 737 was, say, 50% full the risk would be noticeably lower. You’re still putting people in an enclosed space for several hours with recirculated air. So spacing the same people out and putting them on TWO flights instead of one would really mitigate the risk?
He could drive.
Or the airlines could cut passengers to a third or a sixth and charge 3 to six times more.
HEPA filters can trap 99.95% of particles down to 0.3um. Covid-19 virus particle can be as small as 0.06 microns, and the largest are 0.14 microns.
See number 9. Airliners completely exchange cabin air with outside air every three minutes.
We need our flying cars.. now.
Cover your eyes , it crawls in through your eyes ,he should have shouted
The more she speaks the less I like her.
Uh, he’s seeing an isolated case.
Most UAL flights in Bay Area going out with like 15-20 people on board.
Social distancing is only for us little people and businesses without lobbist.
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