Posted on 10/16/2014 3:00:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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.
We should see this reverberate around the economy.”
With Thanksgiving right around the corner and Christmas not far behind, both being heavily traveled times, I fear you might be right, particularly if there are more confirmed cases in the U.S. We quit flying three years ago because of TSA and drive everywhere we go. Have already begun receiving lots and lots of offers of reduced hotel rates in other cities so apparently people have already begun cancelling their holiday plans.
Of course, if air travel decreases you just know that TSA is going to start laying off. /s/
“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!”
I thought that the US airlines were private businesses. What’s wrong with them unilaterally starting to cancel flights to countries in Africa as well as to those European countries who are still allowing Africans to travel to ( through ) their international airports? The only real reason I can come up with is revenue! I mean
if this is how much they value our business, they can all go under.
Ditto us, from Kalifornia to Houston...instead we're taking a road trip beginning Monday, and the following Sunday we'll overnight in San Antonio to play Alamo/Riverwalk turistas.
You won’t see anything from the US airlines until several of their employees contract ebola. Then they will move very fast to institute restrictions.
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