by west point
Airlines have carried cargo on seats for years nothing new. Usually it would be US mail during peak mailing times. Might be now as Post Office is having a high volume of mail now.
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Most passenger planes today fly virtually empty, but when Virgin Atlantic flight VS251 landed at Heathrow Airport near London on a cloudy afternoon late last month, most of its 258 seats were occupied.
No one was violating social distancing recommendations, though. The seats, along with the plane’s belly, were loaded with medical supplies. That flight was one of nine that Virgin flew last month that used passenger planes — without any passengers — to transport ventilators, masks, gloves and other medical necessities between Shanghai and London.
It was one of the most vivid examples of how thoroughly the pandemic has muddled the economics of the industry. Airlines have long carried freight alongside passengers, but it never made sense to use their planes exclusively for cargo. ..
SouthernRailway wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 8:16 am In each of my last few trips in a Viewliner room, I’ve used Lysol spray on the hard surfaces that I touch, wiping them then with paper towels.I recently wiped an entire hotel room with bleach wipes, and had a few unpleasant surprises. I'm going to start carrying them more often even after this crisis subsides.
The paper towels end up dark brown.
SouthernRailway wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 8:16 amWhat gives?Nobody. That's the problem. Nobody gives. Nobody in management gives, the workers know it, and they don't either.
Tadman wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 12:13 pm Exactly right. If you've seen all those ads about fast food and pizza delivery being "contact-less", then you sign up and use the service. Yeah no. I have had pizza delivered and bought drive-through fast food fried chicken and it was business as usual. You think the guy delivering pizza knows or cares?They know, especially if the pie's been paid for already through Grubhub/Door Dash/UberEats.
Don't know if there are more "butts on the cushions", but the consists are growing.
Observed:
#4(2) 2 P-42, Sleeper, Sleeper, Diner, Lounge, Coach, Coach, Coach-Bagg---7 cars
#5(4) 2 P-42, Bagg, Dorm, Sleeper, Diner, Lounge, Coach, Coach, Coach----8 cars
Tadman wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 9:14 amIndeed. Staying at the crew hotel (a hilton brand) I've seen no increased cleaning of the hotel rooms. Even with 10% occupancy, the housekeeping staff can barely manage to thoroughly clean the rooms. Instead, it seems as though it is an opportunity to hide out and do a little as possible. I always wipe the room down and upon leaving strip the bed of the sheets to ensure the next guest has clean sheets put on.SouthernRailway wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 8:16 am In each of my last few trips in a Viewliner room, I’ve used Lysol spray on the hard surfaces that I touch, wiping them then with paper towels.I recently wiped an entire hotel room with bleach wipes, and had a few unpleasant surprises. I'm going to start carrying them more often even after this crisis subsides.
The paper towels end up dark brown.
SouthernRailway wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 8:16 amWhat gives?Nobody. That's the problem. Nobody gives. Nobody in management gives, the workers know it, and they don't either.