Comments on: COVID Casualties

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:32:26 +0000

Listen, some of us have an ugly smile hahahaha… my eyes are my best feature. I’ve been waiting nearly my whole life for something acceptable to cover the lower half of my face – HA! I’m debating asking if I can wear it in my badge photo ;D

By: Wilson

Wilson — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 21:29:21 +0000

Seatbelts?

Boarding pass?

Overhead bins?

Footwear?

Underwear?

Papers, please.

Pilots always squirm and the ordinary people are still expected to blame the low-level employee, never the pilot most of whom should be duct taped back home in the creaky Lazy Boy in their moldy bathrobe or what.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 28 May 2021 05:53:40 +0000

The PCR testing situation here in the States is ridiculous. At SFO I cannot find a PCR test with guaranteed results within 24 hrs unless perhaps for Hawaii for $300.

In Switzerland, however, ZRH airport offers PCR tests with 5-10 hr turn-around guaranteed for $150. They’re open daily, 4am-10pm, no appointment required. Results via PDF attached to email.

What happened to this country being the land of opportunity and business venture? Ugh.

Also, I’ve been fully vaxxed for weeks, but I still need testing to enter the country. Wtf???

By: Dave English

Dave English — Sat, 22 May 2021 14:12:36 +0000

Have used Circle Health walk-in ugent clinic place in Westford, Mass. Close to me in Harvard, but still out by 495.

PCR back same day if you go in early. For sure within 24 hours. Used it for travel to Aruba, no issues. Bills insurance.

https://www.circle-health.org/locations/circle-health-westford

By: Tod

Tod — Thu, 20 May 2021 20:21:54 +0000

Australia has become overly obsessed with keeping our cases at zero. We now have a travel bubble with NZ but that has been suspended on a couple of occasions after only 2 or 3 cases.
At this stage our federal government is looking at mid to late 2022 to maybe start reopening borders but most people in the tourism related industries say they can’t wait that long.

By: Devoid

Devoid — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:27:14 +0000

I recently traveled to South America (fully vaccinated). In Quito, at least, the PCR testing situation was surprisingly great. For $65, someone came to my hotel and took the swab. I had the results within 8 hours. It seems many labs in Quito were offering similar service. I don’t see why this can’t be the norm in many places.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 20 May 2021 02:37:44 +0000

Cambridge is doing an excellent job with testing. PCR tests available every day somewhere in the city. You can make an appointment but don’t bother, the wait has been less than 5 minutes each time in the past few months (mostly at the North Cambridge site but also Harvard Square, Central, and Cambridgeside). Results within 24 hours every time and sometimes much less. Our record was testing at 7pm just as the site closed with results by email around 1am.

https://www.cambridgema.gov/covid19/Testing

Also free.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:31:57 +0000

In reply to Paul Schnebelen. Norwegian is finished because it already was losing tons of money. And unlike the US carriers it didn’t have a vast domestic network to fall back on. LCC carriers operate with tiny margins, and with little or no business traffic. Aircraft utilization is another thing: A 737 or an A320 can fly back-and-forth between cities multiple times a day. Any long-haul route, on the other hand, requires a minimum of TWO large and very expensive planes: one operating in one direction, the other in the opposite direction. The logistics are challenging. To have any chance of making money on cheap fares, you need to keep those planes full, all the time, and constantly running.

By: Paul Schnebelen

Paul Schnebelen — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:10:23 +0000

I’m disappointed to hear that Norwegian is pulling the plug on its long-distance flights; my wife and I flew to Paris a couple of years ago on Norwegian, and while it wasn’t the most comfortable long-distance flight I’ve ever taken, it was nice for the price.

My question is this: What’s the difference that allows the established carriers to fly large numbers of passengers on long-distance flights that dooms the LCC model? There can’t be that many flyers traveling on their companies’ expense accounts – especially now – that keep AA, BA, etc. in the black while the Laker Skytrains and Norwegian Airs of the world fail. Patrick, if you’ve covered this already and I missed it, a link to the article would be greatly appreciated.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:52:33 +0000

In reply to Paul gendreau. This comment makes no sense.