US SOME INSIGHT ON HOLIDAY
TRAVEL IN
VARIANT IS SARA NELSON
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS SARAH GLAD TO HAVE
YOU ON WHAT CAN TRAVELERS DO
RIGHT NOW TO KEEP THEMSELVES
SAFE WHILE TRAVELING THIS YEAR.
>> WELL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
ALL OF THE LAYERED APPROACH TO
SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WE
HAVE PUT IN PLACE SINCE THE
PANDEMIC STARTED REALLY
MAKES AIRED TRAVEL IN THE SAME
AS BEING INSIDE ANY SPACE.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THOSE
PIECES IN PLACE THE DEEP CLEAN
THAT UP THOSE ON THE AIR
FILTRATION THAT GOES ON AND THE
WEARING
OF MASKS, YES, AND THAT'S WHY
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE REQUIRED
TO ENFORCE THOSE MASK POLICIES
BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF
THESE PIECES
IN PLACE TRANSMISSION RATE IS
THE SAME AS BEING INSIDE ANY
OTHER USE WE'LL HAVE TO BE VERY
CAREFUL YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE
THAT PROPER HAND HYGIENE AND B
AS A DILIGENT ABOUT THIS IS YOU
CAN INCLUDE LOOTING FOLLOWING
THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS THAT WHEN YOU'RE
GOING TO EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING
YOU'RE LOWERING IT. ASK FOR
JUST A MOMENT TAKING THAT STEP
OR DRINK AND THEN RACING IT UP
AGAIN.
>> WE KNOW THE NEWS THAT CAME
OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, AMERICAN
AIRLINES BECAUSE JUST YESTERDAY
ACTUALLY ANNOUNCE IS GOING TO
BE CUTTING BACK
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS. LISA
SCHEDULED INTO BOEING'S DREAM G
MINOR DELAYS. DO YOU EXPECT
THIS TO HAVE A
BIG IMPACT ON THE AIR TRAVEL
INDUSTRY AND CERTAINLY NONE
PASSENGERS IN THE COMING MONTHS
I JUST THINK ABOUT CONGESTED
FLIGHTS NOW THERE ARE FEWER
THOSE.
>> YEAH IT'S IT'S AN ISSUE BUT
AS WE TRY TO GET IT
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BACK
IN GENERAL. WE ARE NOT GOING TO
RECOVER OUR UNTIL WE DO THAT SO
AS WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
TRAVEL MORE OPENING UP THOSE
BORDERS MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE HAVING. PROCEDURES THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES
TO ASSESS THAT AND PUT
PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE NOT.
ADDING TO SPREADING THIS BUT
THESE VARIANTS
THE VIRUS. WELL AND SO IT IS AN
ISSUE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE
PLANES BACK UP IN THE AIR BUT
THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WE'VE
BEEN GRAPPLING WITH SINCE THE
SUMMER TIME. BUT OUR FLIGHTS
ARE GENERALLY FALL BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE ALL THE AIRCRAFT
BACK UP IN THE AIR THE THE
LINES ARE STILL LOSING MONEY
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO
KEEP THOSE LOSS IS LOW, SO THE
RUNNING AS FEW FLIGHTS AS THEY
CAN WHILE STILL TRYING TO MEET
DEMAND.
>> YOU KNOW AIR TRAVEL OVER
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND SAID
A PANDEMIC OUR I WONDER KIND OF
A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S
COMING UP OR AIRLINERS.
EXPECTING KIND OF THIS OTHER
BIG SURGE IN AND HOW ARE THEY
PREPARING FOR IT.
>> SO WE DO A LOT OF WORK THIS
FALL BECAUSE IN THE SUMMER WHAT
WE SAW WAS THE RESULT OF
THE GAP IN FUNDING FROM
CONGRESS LAST FALL FROM OCTOBER
TO DECEMBER AND AS WE SAID
WITHOUT
HAVING THAT FUNDING THERE AND
KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR JOBS WE
WOULD HAVE
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR
CREDENTIALS TO BE ABLE TO FLY
SAFETY CREDENTIALS AND SECURITY
CREDENTIALS SO WE HAD TO GET
THAT TRAINING IN PLACE AND THAT
WAS STILL GOING ON IN
THE SUMMER, BUT WE ALSO NOTICED
IS THAT THE AIRLINES WERE
TRYING TO STEP UP AND PUT THOSE
WORDS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO
PROTECT THAT AND THE SLOTS THAT
THEY HAVE SOME YOU CAN COMPETE
WITH EACH OTHER, AND THEY
PROBABLY PUSHED OUT A LITTLE
BIT TOO FAR BUT ALSO WITH THE
CONFLICT ON OUR LANES WE SIMPLY
HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WILLING
TO COME TO WORK AS MUCH AS THEY
USED TO AND AIRLINES WERE
PREDICTING PREVIOUSLY I'M
COUNTING ON A LOT OF
OVERTIME HOURS SO IN THE FALL
WE NEGOTIATED WHERE THEY DIDN'T
EXIST INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO
TO WORK OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON
AND THAT REALLY WORKED FOR
THANKSGIVING. WE SAW THAT WE
HAVE THE RIGHT COMBO IN PLACE
THERE AND BARRING A MAJOR
WEATHER EVENT WE SHOULD BE FINE
FOR THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW
YEAR'S HOLIDAY AS WELL.
>> WELL, I'M SURE THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING HEARING
RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IF
THEY'VE YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS
OVER THE
UPCOMING HOLIDAY. YOU KNOW NO
SECRET HERE THERE HAS BEEN A
RISE IN JUST A NUMBER OF
REPORTS OF
UNRULY PASSENGERS THROUGHOUT
THIS PANDEMIC ESPECIALLY THIS
REOPENING PHASE. HOW ARE FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS KIND
OF DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE AND AND
YOU NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN A FEW
MONTHS INTO THIS OBVIOUSLY
REOPENING AND MORE PEOPLE
TRAVELING. HAVE YOU
ENCOUNTERED DISRUPTED
PASSENGERS ARE THEY TRULY KIND
OF SEEING MORE THE MORE THAT
SUBSIDING.
>> DISRUPTIVE
PASSENGERS ARE AN ALL TIME HIGH
AND WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN A
DECREASE IN THE NUMBER.
THIS YEAR SO THAT THIS IS
CONTINUE TO BE AT EXTREME
LEVELS, ALTHOUGH I WANT TO BE
REALLY CLEAR. THIS IS A SMALL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELING FOR
CAUSING A
PERSISTENT PROBLEM AND SO WE
HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING THE
AIRLINES AND THE AIRPORTS TO
WORK WITH US WE'VE GOT
COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE BETTER
ALL THROUGH
THE PROCESS WE'VE GOT THE FAA
SAYING THEY HAVE A 0 TOLERANCE
POLICY SINCE LAST JEDI AND
THEY'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE
DAYS. THEY'VE
ALSO SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN TRADE
THAT INFORMATION AND JUSTICE
CAN START TO.
PROSECUTE AND AS WE SEE IT
COULD BE LANDING IN JAIL.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL BE
THE
BEST DETERRENT KEEP THESE
EVENTS FROM HAPPENING BUT IN
THE MEANTIME WE'RE REALLY
TRYING TO ALL WORK TOGETHER TO
IDENTIFY THESE PROBLEMS ON THE
GROUND SO THAT THEY DON'T END
UP ON
THE AIRPLANE AND THE ONE THING
THAT IS STILL A PROBLEM FOR US
IS THAT AIRPORTS ARE CONTINUING
TO PUSH ALCOHOL AND OUT OF
ALCOHOL MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO
THESE WORD, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
TO TAKE A SECOND.
I THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A DRINK
IN THE AIRPORT BECAUSE IT WILL
AFFECT YOU DIFFERENTLY UP IN
THE AIR AT A PRESSURIZED 8,000
FEET WITH LESS OXYGEN FOR
YOUR BODY.
>> GOOD TO KNOW AND IT'S SAD
THAT YOU KNOW FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
ARE STILL DEALING WITH THAT
ISSUE WE HOPE THAT IT IN FACT
DOES SUBSIDE AS WE SEE
KIND OF THE STRICTER PENALTIES
FROM FINDS EVEN
HAPPENED FARLEY YOU WILL WANT
TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS ARE
ASKING YOU GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THIS YOU KNOW THE AIRLINE
INDUSTRY WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST
BENEFICIARIES OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S KIND OF RECORD
74 BILLION DOLLARS IN COVID A
FOOT SOME CRITICS HAVE SAID
THAT THE RELEASE WAS MAYBE AN
EVENLY. DISTRIBUTED THERE AND
LEFT OUT OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT
WERE ALSO STRUGGLING DURING
THIS PANDEMIC WHAT'S YOUR
RESPONSE TO THIS
OF THE VALUE AND THE NEED TO
KIND OF YOU KNOW SUPPORT THE
AIRLINE INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC.
>> WELL LOOK THIS WAS OUR WAS A
PAYROLL SUPPORT PROGRAM SO THAT
THE MONEY COULD ONLY GO TO
PAYING WORKERS AND BENEFITS TO
KEEP US CONNECTED TO OUR JOBS.
I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER WE WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO MEET DEMAND AT ALL
IF
WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROGRAM IN
PLACE IT WAS THE MOST
TRANSPARENT PROGRAM IN ALL OF
COVID RELIEF IF YOU CAN SEE
EXACTLY WHERE THOSE DOLLARS
WENT ONLY TO PAY WORKERS PAY
AND BENEFITS TO KEEP US IN OUR
JOBS AND IT WORKS ERROR TAKE
AIRLINE PRICES ARE DOWN LOW SO
INFLATION HAS NOT HIT AS
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET
DEMAND AND WE WERE ABLE TO
CONTINUE PAYING TAXES AND I CAN
SEE YOU ALL THE THANK YOU NOTES
FROM THE ANCILLARY BUSINESSES
WHO SUPPORT THE AIRLINE
INDUSTRY WHO SAID THEY STAYED
IN BUSINESS BECAUSE WE KEPT THE
AIRLINE
INDUSTRY AFLOAT WE COVER ABOUT
ONE FOR EVERY 4 JOBS AND
EVERYTHING COMMUNITY WE RE
PROMOTE THAT AND SO WE'RE MAJOR
DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE TO ME
THIS PROGRAM WORKS
VERY WELL WELL AND WE'RE GOING
TO TESTIFY TO THAT IN THE
SENATE THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY.
>> YEAH AND YOU IMAGINE THE
HOLIDAY SEASON. WE WOULDN'T SEE
THE RAMP UP THAT WE'RE SEEING
PEOPLE ABLE TO FLY AND GET
THEIR LOVED ONES HAD WE NOT