The DJIA is down 241 as I post
The DJIA is down 241 as I post
Yeah, it makes some sense to factor in the possibility of partial route closures and quarantines. And, if things get really bad, people will cut down the domestic flying as well. Would you fly a plane where it was known that someone had come down with ebola and projectile vomited all over the seats? It would take a lot of convincing to make people believe the decontamination was effective.
I read in one of Jim Collin’s books that companies that point fingers outside of their organization are usually in denial of their own problems.
According to one analyst, the entire industry over the past 40 years has lost money overall. While some airlines have made profits for some periods of time, it’s always been a difficult business. I am surprised that stockholders remain so eternally optimistic.
I wonder how many are bailing out of Africa and flying overhead right this moment....
Next stop Seattle, Houston, Boston, NY, Chicago, LA, Miami....
Ebola Airlines boarding now to USA..
The SOBs running these airlines and transporting people into the the U.S. from Africa should be pulled from their offices, arrested and prosecuted for multiple charges...
One of my friends cancelled her trip to Dallas for next week when she heard about this. She’s going to use WebEx instead.
I know that, if I was in the Airline industry, I’d be close to frantic. Have any airlines actually planned for something like this? If they have, it’s probably been minimal. They have such a small margin in the best of times that their ability to be proactive is limited. The best thing they could do now is not fly into West Africa and not accept transfer passengers. That’s a big hit they may not feel they can take. It would be the right thing though.
And this will get worse. Much worse before it gets better.
We have already cancelled our Thanksgiving travel plans by air and probably by car as well.
We will exercise an abundance of caution until we are convinced it is unnecessary.
A big thanks to the Gods over at the CDC....