Those thermal scanners they’re using in airports to measure body temperature? They don’t really work. (Coincidentally, this photo, pulled randomly off the Internet, shows a scanner registering a body temperature of 94 degrees which is sufficient for an official diagnosis of hypothermia.)
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My wife has a flight planned, with a wee bit of snark she said now the government will know I am having a hot flash....
I'm sorry, but we are looking at a bunch of people who allow someone with binary chemicals for making a bomb strapped to their balls on a plane, and expect them to find a .2 micron virus with a 4 hour flat surface lifespan.
Unless they close the borders to the hot spots, this isn't going to end well.
now they are just asking if passengers feel ebola-y http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/dhs-chief-were-asking-passengers-fill-out-declaration-about-what-symptoms
"And the airlines themselves have been given additional information about the disease so they know what to look for on the flight."
Yeah, gee, that's useful. So if the guy from Liberia starts puking all up and down the aisle as they're about to land in New York, and he's sweating like a ho in church, what is the airline supposed to do at that point? Push him out the emergency door?
" Push him out the emergency door?"
Works for me.
We're getting quite a bit of information on the company website and a procedure has been put in place for our flight atts. to follow on our flights. Extra surgical gloves, face masks are being put on all our jets in addition to the protective gear already onboard to handle bio hazards.
I'm sure all the guys in my department that work the gateway cities mentioned have received additional bio-hazard briefings as well. Tech Ops is responsible for changing seat cushions, seat covers,seat belts and to make sure cleaning crews are aware of any additional mess such as puke on the floor. I personally never enter a cabin without wearing gloves and use additional precautions as the situation warrants. I always wash my hands with anti-bacterial soap and toss the gloves in the trash. I've always done this, even before this ebola mess, because airplane cabins are a veritable petri dish!
I'll check in with a buddy of mine that works in EWR to see what training they have received and report back if he has anything more to add to what I've posted above.
That 94 degree temperature must be caused by global warming.
You got it backerds' Co2! Remember cooler than average is climate change or climate disruption. Hotter is global warming. ;)
Like all things airport security related, window dressing.
If their use placates the sheep they will have worked exactly as intended.
Anything but suspending flights from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea put people in harm's way needlessly.
Did you hear about how the plane cabin cleaning crews walked off their jobs in fear of their safety?
Nobody blames them for leaving...
A TD? Someone's really butthurt.
A biological attack could kill the system too, simply because its dogs would run away rather than risk contamination.