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NEWS

CONTACT TRACING, MASKS

AND TEMPERATURE CHECKS

irlines and airports are recommend-
Aing a layered approach to tempo-
rary safety measures as air travel restarts,

warning that no single measure can mitigate
all of the risks during the pandemic, according

to a briefing document seen by Reuters.

The plan laid out by the Internation-
al Air Transport Association (IATA) and

Airports Council International to reassure

governments it is safe for the public to
fly includes contact tracing, temperature

screening, social distancing, extra cleaning The industry supports reliable COVID-19 measures will cap airport and aircraft capacity

and wearing masks. testing, but at the moment virus and once travel demand grows, the document said.

“Successfully restarting air passenger antibody tests are not a viable solution Security and health screenings should be

travel while restoring confidence in the at airports and there is no confirmed evi- mutually recognised when possible so that

safety of air travel are vital pre-requisites dence yet that antibodies confer immunity, transfer passengers do not need to line up

to enabling the global economy to recover according to the IATA and ACI document. and be re-screened, leading to additional
from COVID-19,” the groups said in the doc- Should health-screening measures be nec- human contact, IATA and ACI said.
ument, which has not been made public. essary, it should be done long before passen- “There is currently no single measure

“In normal times, aviation delivers (US) gers arrive at the airport, the document said. that could mitigate all the risks of restarting

$2.7 trillion in global GDP contribution.” Temperature checks on airport entry and air travel,” the document concluded.

IATA and ACI declined to comment specif- exit are not likely to prove 100% effective “However, we believe that an effective

ically on the document but both said they because they may miss mild cases and those implementation on an outcome basis and

were working with industry partners on a in the incubation period, but the measures layered approach, of the above-mentioned
consistent global approach. Many airlines could play a useful role in reassuring passen- range of measures that are already possi-

and airports around the world are imple- gers and deter travel in the case of suspect- ble, represents the most effective way of

menting measures such as requiring masks ed infections, according to IATA and ACI. balancing risk mitigation with the need to

and leaving middle seats empty, in some Social and physical distancing should be unlock economies and to enable travel in

cases due to government requirements. limited to the initial restart phase because the the immediate term.” Q
B-17 FLIGHT - ‘THE FINAL MISSION’
of EAA’s B-17 tours, we have been priv-
ileged to hear hundreds of remarkable
ersonal and poignant accounts stories and anecdotes from individuals
Pof fl ying the Boeing B-17, one of and families who are connected with
history’s most significant aircraft, are the B-17 Flying Fortress,” said Jim Busha,

revealed in the book The Final Mission, EAA’s vice president of publications,

newly published by the Experimental marketing, and membership. “This

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The book, written by Chris Henry with together in one place. That is why EAA
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brances from World War II veterans volume, while we can still salute some

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including those who flew again aboard maintained the B-17, along with remem-

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The stories are uniquely categorized with the 75th anniversary of the end of positions aboard the aircraft.

by the 10 crew positions in the aircraft. World War II, we feel these stories need The book also features forewords
The book also includes recollections to be shared for future generations.” from Gemini and Apollo astronaut Frank

from “Rosie the Riveter” builders, The Final Mission is illustrated with near- Borman, a US Air Force veteran and EAA

Women Air force Service Pilots, current ly 200 photos and features in its pages QR lifetime member and Dr. Harry Friedman of

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