That’s why airline stocks have hit the skids. We should see this reverberate around the economy.
I’m still waiting...haven’t cancelled a Nov 12th flight...yet...altho the hub says I am not flying
A very close friend of mine recently cancelled a trip to Dallas because of the Ebola outbreak and she’s saying she’ll skip travel until this thing is done.
Exactly.
This is called hunkering down behavior.
It’s what we did starting 9/12/2001.
It will cause a recession, and a stock market crash.
We need some assurances, now!
Idiots.
I stopped air travel long before the breakout of ebola fear.
My annoyance is with the TSA.
That is so true! my husband and I were going to fly to San Antonio at the end of the month but we decided to drive instead! I wish the airline association would force Obama’s hand to put a stop on flights coming in from west Africa that is the only way that bastard is going to get the message!
Considering the circumstances, I would avoid a DOMESTIC airline flight. Getting to be more and more a game of Roulette, with the Russian variation becoming most prominent.
But then, I was not happy with domestic airlines before. This pretty much puts a nail in it.
Obolaphobics
On the upside, we’ll need fewer groping TSA agents.
Obola is happy at the havoc he has created.
Bookmarking.
I think it’s going to prove irresistable for splodey-dopey ISIS and Al Queda types to ignore the made-to-order bio-terrorism possibilities of Ebola. What will it take to bring this country to a standstill? 10 cases? 100? Look what’s happening with just a couple.
So get the virus running rampant inside the country, with multiple states. Hell, just introducing the virus into Mexico City would probably be sufficient.
Last I saw only 10% of Americans had passports, so I’m not entirely convinced this “half” is really going to be impacting the travel market. It’s probably mostly folks who weren’t going anywhere anyway.
The people will force the government’s hand.
Frontier airlines has brought the “Ebola” plane to Denver for decontamination. People are not amused around here.
This will impact everything, not just International travel...
Domestic travel will nose dive into the ground, travel agents, ground transportation, tourist destinations, hotels, hospitals, rental car industry and on and on and on....
You’d have to be stupid to get on a commercial aircraft today, here or abroad.
The holiday travel season will certainly be interesting this year...
Speaking of the Ebola Effect, both Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp announced yesterday they’re refusing to take blood samples from anyone suspected of Ebola. They can’t risk contaminating tens of millions worth of test equipment or exposed their lab personnel to such danger.