Airlines around the world are changing onboard service protocols in light of COVID-19. Along those lines, Turkish Airlines has just announced an interesting initiative. A lot of airlines have introduced policies that seem unenforceable, though Turkish Airlines is at least taking a step towards enforcing safety policies. Turkish Airlines will be appointing a hygiene crew…
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RE: ...but not from the United States, Brazil, or Russia:
The Dictators from these three countries need somewhere to vacation!
Travelling is becoming less and less appealing. I’ll wait until things quietens down and these measures are removed. I’m not against them, but they would degrade my experience to a level where I will no longer enjoy my travels.
where did you see it was a dedicated crew member, the web page suggest they are just training cabin crew rather than adding headcount
"Hygiene experts
Hygiene Expert cabin crews will be appointed in our flights, in charge of lavatory disinfection and enforcement of all on-board hygiene and social distancing measures."
I am giving Turkish Airlines some benefit of the doubt on the catering and this hygiene expert idea. I have flown them several times in economy and a few in business and always liked the airline. That gets them the benefit of the doubt from me during these rough times.
I actually have a planned trip to Bodrum in late June/early July too. It looks from the below link that Turkish may start flying to a few European countries come June 18, including Germany and Switzerland, so I'm just planning on flying there on Lufthansa or Swiss. I can't imagine they'll continue to have quarantine requirements for all foreigners landing on those flights, though if they do, Qatar may be the only way to get there from the US without quarantining. I have COVID-19 antibodies, so if Fauci is to be believed, it's not likely I'll be infecting anyone anytime soon, so I feel okay-ish about travel.
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-airlines-to-start-flights-to-europe-on-june-18-155278
My goodness, Turkish are working hard at making what was once a great product absolutely something to miss.
Foreign carriers can and will do these new measures and they will ensure that the rules are followed. US carriers will say but not enforce the rules - because they are worried about union rules, and getting sued - much like the fasten seat belt rules !
So do masks become unnecessary when people eat? How are people going to eat? What if people snack in between meal service? Do airlines think germs don't disperse when people eat?
US embassy page has detailed information http://tr.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information-2/
Why can't that hygiene expert be assigned to the galley to ensure proper safety protocols are being followed by the flight attendants? That way, we could at least get some real food instead of vending machine food.
So getting up to walk around every 30 mind will now be a problem can see lots of in-flight conflicts now and arrests at the destinations, seems everyone will need to sit and be good little boys and girls