“The current situation will have a long tail of consequences on the future of the aviation sector and global travel, but many of those impacts will be on traveler behavior, airport screening, regulation, insurance, passenger safety and well-being, and then the ongoing viability of airlines and operators in the sector. While people ordinarily have short memories, the scale of this global pandemic means that it will be on people’s minds for the next decade, especially adults and the elderly,” said Mathew Griffin, CEO of London-based 311 Institute, a futurist think-tank
That is a quote taken from a recent article on business-standard.com
Our Views
Commercial aviation is amazingly agile and adaptive. We have had to get used to rolling with the punches over the years. There is nothing quite like the current coronavirus but we have had other dramatic moments in our history which we have got through. We like to have a plan. We like to know what are the risks and we do something about it. That is how we operate in commercial aviation. In the past, we have been hit by SARS, Volcanic Ash, The 9/11 attacks...to name but a few. We learn and make changes.
We are constantly learning and we will take advice from WHO and make the necessary changes to ensure flying is as safe as possible going forwards. Many airlines are already putting in measures as they plan ahead such as empty seats in the cabin to create more space between customers. There are many, many other plans in place to ensure that travel is still available to us all.
Please be assured, we want flying to continue to be as safe as possible for all of us.
By the way, we will also be adapting our future courses to include a virus element as we know that this will be a new frequently asked question.
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Cabin Crew to Morrisons
Not sure if you saw this recently? Benjamin works for Virgin Atlantic, but with all flights grounded during lockdown, he needed something else to fill his time.
Back in March, Virgin Atlantic announced they would be working with supermarkets and healthcare providers to arrange temporary and voluntary jobs for furloughed staff.
Thus, Benjamin has since been able to undertake work in his local Morrison's store.
He is enjoying being able to help others during the crisis and even took to LinkedIn to share a post about his new role.
"Three weeks apart. Different aisle, different uniform and different products. I wouldn’t have expected that most of our fleet would be grounded and that I’d be working for Morrisons, however I’m having a great time meeting customers and colleagues and playing my little part in feeding the nation."
His post quickly went viral, garnering over 131,000 likes.
Keep safe,
Lovefly® Team
