Alanleroy, stop concerning yourself with the fact and the truth. That's all overrated.
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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
There are some inherent advantages to Military transports over Commercial Flights in this Disaster Relief effort including:
1. Military transports land at US Air Bases in a controlled environment and not at the worlds largest Public Transportation Hubs.
a. This makes it easier to enforce quarantines or to take effective cleanup protocols should someone vomit or shit his or her pants on the ride home....and does not expose the general traveling public to those who have come from the Ebola Zone (Who may or may not be carrying the Virus)
2. Military transports are designed to move people and supplies to trouble spots. This includes advantages of large cargo handling, ability to more easily clean and disinfect, a crew specifically trained for the mission and the ability to land in more severe weather and at smaller airports.
3. Military transports are more flexible in scheduling. They can operate around the clock. They can work on set schedules or as needed. They can ramp up to incredible levels of service very quickly.
But aside from all that, the biggest advantage to a commercial flight ban is it prevents travel from the infected areas except by essential personnel. If you don't get it yet, essential personnel are people fighting the Ebola War. Now you might say that...yeah..they'll just fly to Italy and then to America...and I'll say we can stop that too.
The key is there is no justification at this point for Tourists, Businesspeople, Travelers, Ebola Refugees or anyone except our Ebola Fighters to come here from there. Fighting Ebloa there ...in Africa should be the focus. Every case generated from slipping though weak travel restrictions has been a diversion of resources that represents an unnecessary risk we took. Sure, it's unlikely to be a US epidemic...but every case is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and specialized medical resources that could have been directed at crushing the virus at it's root.
Now, another answer might be to restrict Commercial flights to Ebola Fighters. That would be another step in the right direction and I could see that when/if there is a rush to leave the infected areas and our medical personnel have to wait days for a flight home.....but if commercial flights are restricted to the mission, could you really call them 'Commercial Flights' at that point?
Originally posted by: alanleroyII
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Originally posted by: pjstrohQuote
Originally posted by: hoops2
People are calling for a ban on COMMERCIAL flights, not military/relief flights which can be controlled & quarantine procedures can be put in place. PJ is having a problem differentiating between the 2
The screening procedures you speak of are being put in place for commercial flights. I fail to see how a symptom free person flying home on Delta poses a bigger risk than a symptom free person flying home in a chartered military flight.
There are some inherent advantages to Military transports over Commercial Flights in this Disaster Relief effort including:
1. Military transports land at US Air Bases in a controlled environment and not at the worlds largest Public Transportation Hubs.
a. This makes it easier to enforce quarantines or to take effective cleanup protocols should someone vomit or shit his or her pants on the ride home....and does not expose the general traveling public to those who have come from the Ebola Zone (Who may or may not be carrying the Virus)
2. Military transports are designed to move people and supplies to trouble spots. This includes advantages of large cargo handling, ability to more easily clean and disinfect, a crew specifically trained for the mission and the ability to land in more severe weather and at smaller airports.
3. Military transports are more flexible in scheduling. They can operate around the clock. They can work on set schedules or as needed. They can ramp up to incredible levels of service very quickly.
But aside from all that, the biggest advantage to a commercial flight ban is it prevents travel from the infected areas except by essential personnel. If you don't get it yet, essential personnel are people fighting the Ebola War. Now you might say that...yeah..they'll just fly to Italy and then to America...and I'll say we can stop that too.
The key is there is no justification at this point for Tourists, Businesspeople, Travelers, Ebola Refugees or anyone except our Ebola Fighters to come here from there. Fighting Ebloa there ...in Africa should be the focus. Every case generated from slipping though weak travel restrictions has been a diversion of resources that represents an unnecessary risk we took. Sure, it's unlikely to be a US epidemic...but every case is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and specialized medical resources that could have been directed at crushing the virus at it's root.
Now, another answer might be to restrict Commercial flights to Ebola Fighters. That would be another step in the right direction and I could see that when/if there is a rush to leave the infected areas and our medical personnel have to wait days for a flight home.....but if commercial flights are restricted to the mission, could you really call them 'Commercial Flights' at that point?
