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There might be. I bet flight attendants take more sick days than most workers do and there are very real financial implications of a flight being delayed due to
by kaolinite 11y ago
There might be. I bet flight attendants take more sick days than most workers do and there are very real financial implications of a flight being delayed due to lack of staff.
- fluxquanta 11y ago>I bet flight attendants take more sick days than most workers do I'll take your hypothetical bet with my own speculation to the contrary: I imagine most flight attendants are in better physical shape than, say, your typical office worker due to the nature of their job, as well as being more on top of preventative health measures (vaccines and such) precisely because they know they're at higher risk due to the number of people they're exposed to.
- kaolinite 11y agoVery good point. Hard to know who is right without data, which I can't imagine we'll find. I know for a fact that if I were a flight attendant, I'd certainly make sure I had the latest flu vaccine, etc.
- geoelectric 11y agoI suspect it also works like it does with primary school teachers. They have immune systems made of iron, in part because of selection but also because they're exposed to so much every day. Their significant others on the other hand, they're sick as hell all the time...