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...
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.
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.
We need our flying cars.. now.
Cover your eyes , it crawls in through your eyes ,he should have shouted
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.
How do you social distance on an airplane? An empty seat between you and your neighbor would really only separate you by 2 feet so really, what good would that do? If you fear the virus, don’t fly.
I think things will return to normal faster than anyone imagines. Maybe not in NYC but it will in the rest of the country.
maybe he should have flown first class
I saw interviews with American Airlines and Southwest CEO’s and they seem serious about the hygiene and social distancing. They recognize it as critical to restoring consumer confidence.
"Safety has always been our top priority, and because of that, the social distancing and cleaning procedures that have become a way of life for all of us are now staples of the way we run our airline. When you're ready to fly, you'll see that a lot has changed at the airport and on board our aircraft. We're boarding fewer customers at a time and starting from the back of the plane to avoid crowding in the gate area, on the jet bridge and in the aisle. We're automatically blocking middle seats to give you enough space on board, requiring all our employees on board, including our flight attendants, to wear masks and, in early May, making masks available to our customers."
Their web site says it slightly differently:
"For those traveling now and in the near future, we're implementing additional, temporary changes to promote social distancing in the air and on the ground. At the end of April, we implemented additional steps to promote social distancing on all United and United Express flights by making some temporary changes to seat assignments and adjustments to our boarding process. Though we cannot guarantee that all customers will be seated next to an unoccupied seat, based on historically low travel demand and the implementation of our various social distancing measures that is the likely outcome."
"Limiting seat selections in all cabins, so customers won't be able to select seats next to each other or middle seats where available. We're also alternating window and aisle seats when seats are in pairs."
Both in emails in on their website United says passengers won't be able to select middle seats, and that they are "blocked". But from the photographs of the NY to SFO flight that clearly is not true.
So United's big statement about their policy is not true in any substantial way. It may be true coincidentally on a nearly empty flight, but that certainly not what their written messages convey.
No wonder United has such a lousy reputation.
Pussy
Good. We need herd immunity and social distancing isn’t going to get us there.
Hey Ethan Weiss.....DON’T FLY!