The coronavirus pandemic has led to a major decrease in air travel, but the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) wants to take it a step further.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a major decrease in air travel, and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA wants Americans to fly as little as possible amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“What we’re saying here is that the DOT and HHS can do two things,” Nelson explained. “One, right away, they can provide leadership and messaging to the public that encourages the public to stay at home, to not be traveling. CDC could put out those guidelines right now and in fact has in other ways, with these other guidelines around community meetings and all of that. But it needs to be explicit to aviation.
“There needs to be messaging that’s relatively easy to do compared with putting in place new regulations,” Nelson said. “And the government has a whole process for doing that. But providing leadership and good guidance and good messaging and encouraging the industry to provide that same sort of advice to travelers, it’s a little bit like when you are a new parent and you’re looking to go take a trip. You can go on to DOT’s website and see what they recommend in traveling with your children.
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