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Doesn’t matter if there’s no flights or boats.
by sjg007 7y ago
Doesn’t matter if there’s no flights or boats.
- cavisne 7y agoI suspect there will be flights, from the UK (which is why it was left off).
- sjg007 7y agofor about 5 days maybe.
- xtof 7y agoI suspect UK was left off because POTUS has resorts in Ireland and Scotland, and no where in Europe. There's nothing credible about UK being off the list while every surrounding country is on it.
- silasdavis 7y agoI thought it was a reward for our big beautiful breakfast
- alasdair_ 7y agoThe UK is an Island nation with entry controls - passports are required even from the EU and there is at least token screening at the airports and docks of people with fever or other virus symptoms. Not that it’s the same thing, but being an island (so no walking traffic) and having some screening in place means that the UK simply doesn’t have certain diseases (like rabies) that are at least somewhat common in Europe. Honestly though, the UK is one of, if not THE, staunchest ally of the US and banning its citizens would cause some minor political issues.
- chx 7y agoYeah but the UK certainly has the coronavirus and more importantly, Heathrow has it. https://www.airport-technology.com/news/coronavirus-heathrow-baggage-handlers/ https://www.airport-technology.com/news/coronavirus-heathrow...
- sjg007 7y agoThe UK is about a week behind Europe in terms of covid 19
- matthewmacleod 7y agoNote that technically the UK does not require passports for entry from the EU - identity cards are also fine. Having travelled back to the UK from a Schengen country in the past few days, I can also confirm that there wasn’t so much as a poster in the airport, let alone any actual screening.
- DanBC 7y agoAirport screening doesn't work.
- arethuza 7y ago"token screening at the airports" I don't think I've ever had anything that even counts as token screening flying into the UK from Europe - passport check is automated and I've never even seen someone at customs for many years.
- lurquer 7y agoDon't be a wanker. The US and U.K. rise or fall together. The two countries have an alliance unlike any other in the world. Neither turns it's back on the other. (And, by extension, Canada.)
- pjc50 7y agoWell, apart from the trade sanctions incident https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/us-bombardier-ruling-northern-ireland-jobs-theresa-may-trump-tariff-commerce-a7969256.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/us-bombardi... and covering for the "diplomat" who killed someone with their car. It's looking a bit one sided these days.
- willyt 7y agoNo offence intended to Americans, but those guys are culturally much tougher negotiators than us. When they know they have leverage over you they don't hold back at all. We get caught out by this over and over again because we speak the same language so we think we understand what's going on, but we aren't awake to the nuances. You might want to google Tizard Exchange for what happens when the US has us over a barrel. Or look at the outcomes of pretty much any attempt to extradite an American citizen vs US attempts to extradite a UK citizen.
- forkexec 7y agoPOTUS has to have someplace to golf, brag about his being impeached, and make the Queen visibly uncomfortable.
- chx 7y agoWhich makes total sense since the UK is a haven from this pandemic... oh wait. Nope. It's spreading at bloody Heathrow itself: https://www.airport-technology.com/news/coronavirus-heathrow-baggage-handlers/ https://www.airport-technology.com/news/coronavirus-heathrow...
- _-___________-_ 7y agoThere may well be flights. Crew are exempt, so at least for slot-controlled airports it's probably worth flying anyway to keep the slot; you'll have some US citizens / permanent residents and their families, and you can fill the belly with cargo since you have spare weight. Might be worth it even for airports that aren't slot-controlled.
- Taniwha 7y agoHere in NZ the largest airport with such slots has waived that rule for the duration meaning that airlines can reduce their flights without losing their slots (and therefore be more likely still be around to be a customer for the airport when it is all over)
- kitteh 7y agoVarious aviation authorities in Europe are relaxing the requirements that is driving the slot controls & ghost flights. Don't have the link now but read it earlier.
- hanche 7y agoHere is one link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/10/eu-airlines-ghost-flights-coronavirus-fightback-airport-landing-rules-empty-planes https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/10/eu-airlines...