samslilangel I will do my best…mask, gloves (if I touch anything) and sanitizer. Last time I flew, we locked one of the lav doors open, so that it could be used for hand-washing only and no one had to touch the door when going in or out. I plan on doing that again tomorrow!

xango Exactly. I think people best be getting that into their minds. Any talk of mass gatherings is just wrong. I’ve been saying that is just a wish to “cull the herd”. Ya, twisted but that is what I feel would/will happen to groups.

OODIEBOM Wow…that sounds worse than when I saw you say that you were ill. I really do think that more people were getting it than is known. I’ve talked to several flight attendants (and really know one) that were almost deathly ill with “flu” back in January and into February. Of course, they were at the time, blown off my their doctors thinking it was just flu…there was even tightness of the chest and coughing, along with the aches and fever. The antibody testing will be really interesting, once it gets moving. California is setting up testing now as a trial. There are 6 undisclosed stations in Los Angeles and there are (I think) 1000 that they will test…sort of a random test but people did have to sign up.

Hey ddshoppy… Well, as you may see above, I am going to take a leave. It’s a special paid leave for those meeting certain CDC items for putting people at risk. We don’t even have to identify the issue but if I needed to, I would use blood pressure. You can tell your sister two things…this leave is paid at 65 flight hours BUT I still have to cover my portion of insurance…this keeps me listed as an “active” employee. Our other leaves are 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 month…you go on unemployment and the company pays ALL of your insurance portion. So, kind of a toss up. There is no lose of seniority but I’m sure there will be some kind of “coming back” mess to work out…right not the priority is to get people out. So far, over half of our flight attendants have taken some form of leave and I am sure that number will be bigger after they process additional requests which are due on Monday.

@xango And you as well! Good thing I love just being home and away from people! My flying tomorrow cancelled (and doubt that they can create anything for me), so won’t have to worry about it again till next Saturday. Yay!

@oodiebom I’ve been causally asking “WHY are you people here???” 99% of what I am getting back is…cheap fare! Sheesh. And the hotels…for our crews have been a huge problem. Just like you said, no food and no coffee. The company has really had to scramble to get hotels to have box breakfasts / lunches for crews to pick up.

On board service has been reduced to a small bottle of water, 2 snacks, a napkin and a Purell wipe…now in a plastic bag. Shortly, those bags will be given to people when they board, to attempt to keep us from virtually touching people. There is no food, no liquor, no sodas, no coffee/tea…

@sheba2011 I’m trying! Friends ask me how I have not had a mental breakdown over all of this…not sure of the answer but seems that there has never been time to even consider that, as my hands have been full.

As I said, I really need to look into the variety of leaves that are now being offered (and man, there are a ton of them…1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 month leaves. Already something like 9,000 flight attendants have put in for them and there will be more. I take this that the company does not expect a recovery for a VERY long time).

ddshoppy Tell her to be safe! I grew up in Portland and was crushed to be rejected by Alaska back in about 1981. LOL Alaska has always had a great reputation.

Hey Sheba2011! I signed some more papers on the house today, so it should close by Monday. It is difficult to believe that I ran to the hospital on April 20th last year when I got the call that she had cancer. Doesn’t seem possible.

OODIEBOM 😂

Just done eating and have been glued to CNN.

If sitting is the new smoking…I’ve smoked a warehouse full over the last couple weeks.