E ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo Pete Buttigieg a me ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Steve Dickson,

I ka mālamalama o ka ulu ʻana o ka pilikia ʻo Covid-19 ma India a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, a me ka maikaʻi ʻole o nā lāʻau āpau e kūʻē iā Covid, ke hoʻololi nei ʻo FlyersRights.org i ka lā 29 o Ianuali, 2021 no ke kāhea kaiāulu ma nā mokulele a ma nā kahua mokulele, ke ana wela, ka hoʻāʻo wikiwiki ʻana. a me ka haʻalele ʻana i nā uku hoʻololi.

Me kahi 1.395 biliona mau kānaka i koho ʻia, hōʻike ʻo India ma kahi o 16% o ko ka honua heluna. Ua hōʻike ʻo India ma kahi o 300,000 mau hihia hou i kēlā me kēia lā a ma luna o 3,000 mau make i kēlā me kēia lā i ka pule i hala. Manaʻo nā loea i kēia mau helu e hoʻowahāwahā i ka helu maoli o ka make a me nā hihia hou e kahi mea i 20 a 30 paha. Hōʻike pū kekahi nā hōʻike hale hōʻikeʻike mua i ka hiki ke lawe ʻia o ke kanana B1.617. Akā i ka hoʻohui i ka ʻano B1.617, ka B.1.617 a me nā ʻano P.1.1.7, i ʻike mua ʻia ma United Kingdom a me Brazil, ua loaʻa pū kekahi ma India.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo ka ʻepekema i nā kumu hea ka hopena o ka ahulau ma India a me ke ʻano o ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau āpau e kūʻē i ka B1.617 kaha, ua lawa ka ʻikepili i nā ʻepekema e hōʻike i kēia ʻano ʻokoʻa i ka nui o ka pilikia o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua ʻike ʻo Kauka Sujay Shad, kahi kauka nui ma ka haukapila ʻo Sir Ganga Ram, "ʻO ka nalu o COVID i kēia manawa he ʻano ʻano olakino ʻokoʻa. Hoʻopili ia i nā mākua ʻōpio. Hoʻopili ia i nā ʻohana. He mea hou loa ia. Ke maʻi nei nā pēpē ʻelua mahina. ” Pono ke aupuni US e hana e lohi i kāna lawe ʻana, a me ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, i ka huakaʻi ea.

ʻO ka huakaʻi ea ka mea nui loa no ka lawe ʻana o Covid-19. Paipai mau ka CDC e kūʻē i ka huakaʻi ea pono ʻole no ka poʻe ʻaʻole i piha i ka lāʻau āpau. ʻOiai kokoke i ka hapakolu o ka US heluna huikau, a me ka hapalua i loaʻa i hoʻokahi lāʻau, ʻaʻole maopopo i ka nui o ka pale a nā ʻōpala e hāʻawi kūʻē aku i nā ʻano B1.617 a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.

Aia a hiki i ka ʻepekema ke hoʻoholo i ka hopena o nā lāʻau āpau e kūʻē i nā ʻano like ʻole, a hiki i ka wā e lilo ai ka nui o ka lehulehu i lāʻau āpau, he mea naʻaupō e hoʻokō i kahi kaʻina o nā hoʻolālā hoʻoliʻiliʻi Covid-19. Hoʻohui hou, ke paipai nei ka CDC e noho mau ka poʻe huakaʻi vaccine ma kahi o 6 kapuaʻi ka mamao mai kahi poʻe ʻē aʻe e pale aku i ka poʻe i wana ʻole ʻole a loaʻa i ka poʻe i hana ʻole ʻia ka hōʻoia maikaʻi ʻole 1-3 lā ma mua o ka huakaʻi a hoʻāʻo hou ʻia 3-5 mau lā ma hope o ka huakaʻi.

ʻO ka helu ʻana

ʻAʻole hoʻokō ʻia ka nohona kaiapili ma luna o nā mokulele a i ʻole nā kahua mokulele, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka wahi o ka puka pā. Ua ʻike ʻo Kauka Arnold Barnett ma ka Massachusetts Institute of Technology i ka makaʻu o ka hoʻoili COVID-19 i waena o nā ohua masked i ka wā o ka lele he ʻelua mau hola e hoʻonui ʻia e kahi mea o 1.8 ke noho ka noho waena. No nā hoʻolele lōʻihi, ʻo ka makaʻu ka “mea hoʻohui wale.”

Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield strongly criticized American Airlines’ decision to fill middle seats in July 2020. Dr. Anthony Fauci called the lack of social distancing “worrisome. Delta Air Lines, the only airline to have a no-middle-seat policy into 2021, is ending its policy on May 1, 2021.

I Malaki 2021, ua paʻi ʻo FlyersRights.org i kahi hoʻolālā stimulus Social Distancing e kaupalena ana i ka hiki ma nā mokulele 50% a 65%. E hoʻonui ka hoʻolālā i ka palekana ma luna o kēlā mau mokulele ma o ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka palena haʻahaʻa o ka mamao kaiāulu, ʻoiai e paipai nei i nā poʻe he nui e lele i nā wahi ʻoi aku ka palekana a hoʻemi i ka pono no nā ʻāpana pekelala ʻekolu o nā mokulele. Ma lalo o kēia hoʻolālā, e kūʻai ke aupuni pekelala i 15% a 30% o nā likiki, a e hakahaka i nā noho, i loaʻa ai ka mea hoʻouka pono a 80% ka maikaʻi. I ka hoʻihoʻi, e loaʻa i ke aupuni pekelala ka hapa liʻiliʻi o nā likiki e hoʻohana ai no kāna mau limahana ma hope o ka maʻi ahulau ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mokulele.

E like me ka ʻai ʻana a me ka inu ʻana paha o ka poʻe holo ma ka mokulele, ʻaʻole e nalo ka makaʻu o ka lawe ʻana o Covid, a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka nohona kaiaulu i nā mokulele.

Mānā wela

I Ianuali 2021, ua kāhea aku ʻo FlyersRights.org iā Pelekikena Biden, ka DOT, a me ka FAA e hoʻokō i nā loiloi wela. ʻO kēia hana pale haʻahaʻa e pale aku i kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi hōʻailona mai ka huakaʻi a paipai i nā mea kaʻa maʻi e hōʻalo i ka huakaʻi. Pono e hoʻokō i ka nānā ʻana i ka mahana ma ke ʻano he supplement a i ʻole koho ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻokolohua wikiwiki ʻana iā Covid ..

COVID-19 hōʻike hōʻike

Ua kāhea aku ʻo FlyersRights.org i ke aupuni pekelala e ʻimi i ke kākoʻo wikiwiki ʻana iā Covid-19 e hoʻāʻo nei ma nā kahua mokulele ma ke ʻano he ala e ʻoi aku ai ka maluhia o ka huakaʻi lewa a paipai i nā poʻe kaʻa e hoʻi maikaʻi i ka huakaʻi ea. Loaʻa koke nā hōʻike wikiwiki i Ianuali, a noho pēlā. Inā piʻi hou ka make ma ka US a hāʻule ʻole paha, pono ke aupuni pekelala e hoʻokō i kēia ana. Pono ke aupuni pekelala e hoʻomākaukau e hoʻokomo koke i kahi aupuni hoʻokolohua inā koi ʻia kahi ʻikepili hou i nā ana mitigation.

Airline Change Fee

Airlines, the recipients of three federal bailouts, need to play their part in this pandemic. In addition to limiting capacity to maintain adequate social distancing, airlines must provide refunds to passengers who cancelled their flights in 2020 in accordance with federal government and CDC guidance, out of fear of contracting Covid-19, or because they were ill. Airlines must also allow all passengers to make changes without incurring change fees throughout the remainder of the pandemic. Currently, most airlines do not waive change fees for their lowest classes of service. Most airline change fee waiver policies are also set to expire in the coming months, prior to the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. The airlines also do not waive fare differentials. If a passenger wants to reschedule a flight by a week or two weeks to ensure they fly while they are no longer ill, the passenger will likely have to pay a substantial fare differential (in addition to a change fee if applicable) because last minute tickets are generally more expensive. Ma ka inoa o ke olakino kaʻahele a me ka palekana huakaʻi lewa, pono ka DOT e hoʻokaʻawale i ka uku ʻana i nā uku hoʻololi i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 kahi hana kūpono ʻole a hoʻopunipuni hoʻi.

Nā mokulele mai India

Me ka helu ʻana ʻo India no ka hapalua o nā hihia hou ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, pono ka US e hana i nā hana e pale ai i ka hoʻolaha ākea o Covid-19. Pono ke aupuni US e koi koke i nā hoʻāʻo no ka poʻe kaʻa e komo ana i India i nā pule he ʻelua i hala. Ua pāpā aku ka United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Italia, Kelemania, a me Indonesia i ka poʻe kamaʻāina ʻole a kamaʻāina ʻole e komo mai ana mai India.

Pono nō hoʻi ke aupuni pekelala e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā contingency e hoʻōki i nā huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa mai India a i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa inā hoʻomau ʻia nā ʻano a ʻo ka B1.617 ʻano ʻē aʻe i hōʻike i nā maʻi lele loa, nā mea make, a me nā lāʻau kūpaʻa ma mua o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.

Nā Kuleana Flyers

ʻO FlyersRights.org kahi hui mea kūʻai aku alakaʻi i ke olakino kaʻahele a me ka palekana a me nā hana hoʻonui ʻo Covid-19. ʻO wau kahi mea pale lōʻihi a me ka mea kōkua mea kūʻai aku a ua lawelawe wau ma ke Kōmike aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo ʻo FAA Aviation Rulemaking mai ka makahiki 1993. Ua waiho ʻo FlyersRights.org i kahi palapala hoʻopiʻi i ka ʻAukake 2020 e kauoha i ka pale maka e kau ana ma nā mokulele a ma nā kahua mokulele.