Airlines push White House to reject testing for US flights

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of several major U.S. airlines met online Friday with White House officials to press their case against requiring coronavirus tests for passengers on domestic flights, saying it would undermine the already fragile industry.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki downplayed speculation that the Biden administration could soon impose a requirement that passengers on domestic flights first pass a COVID-19 test. But she stopped short of taking the idea off the table.

“Reports that there is an intention to put in place new requirements such as testing are not accurate,” Psaki said. She described the meeting with CEOs as “brief.”

A person familiar with the discussions said the airline CEOs talked with White House coronavirus-response coordinator Jeff Zients, according to the person, who spoke anonymously to discuss a private meeting.

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[Thekaspervote]

1. Undermine the industry? How bout give everyone the confidence to get on that plane??

Where do they come up with this shit??!!

[abqtommy]

2. It's thanks to the airline's lust for profits that covid has spread rapidly around the world. And

continues to spread. Have they thought about the fact that they're killing off their own customers
and will eventually go bankrupt anyway? I guess not...

[Maxheader]

4. You can thank the wingers for pushing back to work

talk all through the pandemic...and those pricks are being pushed

by businesses..

[EX500rider]

7. "the airline's lust for profits" ...Which translates as "desire to stay in business"?

Net profit per passenger is expected to fall to $5.70 this year, from $6.22 in 2018. The industry's net profit margin is anticipated to slide to 3.1 percent in 2019, from 3.4 percent in 2018 and 5 percent in 2017.
3%? Yes quite the gougers. eh?

[Magoo48]

11. The fewer airplanes in the sky, the less carbon released, the better for our climate in crisis.

It’s one of the few silver linings in this horrible pandemic.

[MRDAWG]

3. Negative test or proof of both vaccines should

be required to get on any plane.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Must be too many Covid-19+ passengers.

[TigressDem]

6. People get FRISKED at the airport ALL the time.

Think about an entire PLANE of people being infected by ONE PERSON and the spread of the virus from 200 some odd points to wherever they all go.

[twodogsbarking]

8. Fly United.

Die united. Catchy.

[twodogsbarking]

9. If you combined the profits from all airlines for the last 75 years

you would come up with less than nothing.

Checking in - Treat you like shit

Security - Treat you like shit

Seating - Less space than a dog crate

Smell - Shit

Have a nice flight.

[NCjack]

10. 2DB. yeah, that's why I am happy to be able to give up flying. Don't want to arrive dead or sick.