CDC is considering this while airlines have a differing view.
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Testing each and every of the thousands of daily flights would be a nightmare, backing up testing facilities, slowing down the results and thus not guaranteeing the results would be out in time for a flight. And then what? Lose the money you paid for the ticket? And what about last minute emergency travelers? Weekendenders?
This will cause many, many, many people not to fly because of the hoops to jump through, and dampen the economy. There have been no mass outbreaks traced to any flight – airlines are safe. I have personally flown a half dozen times in the past few months, and no illness.
This would be a mistake, and a nightmare.
I have never studied anything more in my Life than covid19. It is criminal beyond belief what I have learned. Germ theory is a theory. This ‘virus’ has never been purified (which means isolated). The PCR ‘test’ is NOT a test – it is a procedure of amplification that can not be used to diagnose anything. The vax is NOT a vax – it is genetic therapy – and extremely reckless and dangerous. Until we stand up and stop believing the main stream narrative of fear mongering – travel will never resume. I will never get tested, tracked, traced or jabbed as I believe I know what is best for my own health, and I stand for freedom. Those of you interests in Freedom – check out Dr. Dolores Cahill – she is a world renowned Phd who knows the truth. And she is starting Freedom AIrlines – which will not require illegal measures such as masks or testing. I will be flying Freedom Airlines as soon as it is available (and if they are not allowed in Hawaii than so be it – I will spend my money elsewhere). I love you all and wish you all the most amazing joy, health and wellness.
I recently traveled to and from Maui for both pleasure and to help friends / family of mine who also want to visit Hawaii but are scared to come over because they are worried about meeting all the requirements to navigate the system that would allow them to get to and from the islands.
Shortly after arriving, I learned that the same person who had checked me in at the front desk of where I was staying had tested positive for the virus. (Kudos to the facility for letting all their residents know.) You can be exposed anywhere – even Hawaii. We all need to do what we can to stay safe but there are no guarantees. Because of the air exchange on all airlines, it’s actually much safer being around people on an airplane who have all tested negative within 72 hours of traveling to the islands than it is in a Grocery store or Hardware store. Hawaii is one of the safest places in the world to be right now and what a better place to be while you wait for the vaccine to come available!
Symptom free after 10 days from potential exposure in Hawaii, I checked into pre-testing for my trip back but I couldn’t find a facility on Maui that would guarantee results within 72 hours. Hawaii doesn’t have the resources or facilities to turn around 80,000 plus tests a month within 72 hours much less a single test for me. If this new requirement goes into effect, the doors to Hawaii will be shut because travelers won’t be able to meet the requirements needed to return to the main land. Thank you for considering my comment.
Bruce S.
It seems to me that mandatory testing before flying domestically would drastically reduce the amount of people who could fly. Adding the extra financial burden of testing twice (both to and from your destination) could eliminate a lot of people from flying (particularly families with several members), thus making it difficult for the airlines to keep their planes as full as they need to in order to stay in business. Plus, many of those tests required 72 hours prior to departure aren’t actually coming back in time. It sounds like a logistical nightmare.
They should test everyone! I have flown a couple of times during the pandemic and each plane was at complete capacity. I thought the airlines were limiting the number of passengers and leaving space. Kinda defeats the purpose of social distancing…..
I’ve been vaccinated. Why would I need to be tested? I think the airlines in the future should require proof of vaccination before flying.
Under the mandate to have a test before you fly, you would have to get a test before you leave your hometown and another one before you came back. That is expensive and tome consuming. I’m currently in Mexico because I have cancelled 2 Hawaii trips. We have to have a test before we fly back to the US which the hotel provided on site feee of charge. Very easy. If they force testing to fly domestically I will stop flying. As far as asymptotic people, the data shows that they either don’t spread the virus or do so at a very low rate. If you are afraid to fly then don’t but don’t punish people who are not afraid to fly. There seem to be a lot of us. I am sorry that people have died from this but for young healthy people the risk is almost zero. This is a bad idea.
While I fully support the idea of testing prior to any domestic flight, I worry about the availability of testing and obtaining results in the time needed. It seems testing (the ability to actually get a test without being symptomatic and getting results in less than 3-4 days) has finally been under control or at least less of a mess than it was 6 months ago. People are able to get a test when they need to and the results are coming quicker than they once were. I have a trip planned for Kauai in April that will include pre-testing and then a stay in a bubble resort before testing out moving to a rental for the rest of our two-week stay. The thought of every domestic flight requiring the same pre-travel test and more people feeling comfortable flying has me imagining that pretest might be harder to get or take longer for results. I was hoping before our trip it’s that the testing would be more affordable, the testing for our family two times at our cost is higher than the bubble stay cost. I have Kaiser where their average test turnaround time is now about 28 hours. That leaves me feeling hopeful that i could replace an expensive option elsewhere and chance that free test for my travels. If the rule changed, so might that timeline. Sorry, this sounds selfish to my particular situation but i do generally support the idea, I just think it’s going to be a nightmare to implement.
The only monkey in the wrench about everyone testing is that if you’ve been vaccinated it doesn’t make sense to test too. I will be traveling to Kauai in May and am hoping that they have figured out hour vaccinations are going to weigh in to the travel program. I will be watching for that info, soon I hope!
I’m all for testing prior to boarding a flight to avoid any hold up at arriving airport or quarantine, however, Hawaii needs to open up its list of approved test sites as it is very difficult to get results within 72 hours unless paying for Rapid Results, which costs are ridiculously high.