Cathay Pacific, staff spent 200 years in quarantine: shocking numbers
Cathay Pacific has been widely talked about regarding the amount of time spent in quarantine by its insiders [...]
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Cathay Pacific has been in the news extensively regarding the time spent in quarantine by its insiders. Attention on the Covid front in Asia is still highest, as evidenced by some of the stories shared by carriers on their social media. Just think of the China Southern Airlines, which explained how one of its pilots even spent a total of 189 days in quarantine during 2021.
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Incredible numbers also for Cathay Pacific Airlines of Hong Kong. Looking at the totality of employees, both cabin crew and staff, it came to more than the frightening figure of 73 thousand nights quarantined in hotels. These are figures provided by the carrier itself.
What it is like to spend two centuries in quarantine
Cathay Pacific prides itself on its scrupulous attention to Covid protocols. We still cannot let our guard down, and the carrier highlights just that in its updates. Talk of 73 thousand nights in quarantine (adding up all carrier personnel) means to reach two hundred years. A threshold that was actually even crossed.
Flight personnel alone, so stewardesses and stewards, were forced into isolation for more than 62,000 nights in hotels. To this must be added another 1,000 employees, including pilots and the assigned teams in the company's offices, who found themselves at the structure Covid Penny's Bay For more than 11,000 nights. All this from January to December 2021.
Though flying has been tough since the pandemic, Lucy has given her all to help passengers with essential travel needs. Together with her Fly Ready team, she has worked tirelessly to ensure smooth check-in experiences with various border restrictions. pic.twitter.com/tdrhHIJxLN
- Cathay Pacific (@cathaypacific) February 28, 2022
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Cathay Pacific: the numbers of prevention
Two hundred years in quarantine sounds like the title of a science fiction movie. Instead, it is reality and perhaps also a very good advertising message designed to reassure passengers about the seriousness of the carrier's safety protocols. The staff is having a tough few years, as is everyone else. Working in the world of travel, however, is particularly probing. The risk is very high and one must undergo constant scrutiny. Suffice it to say that anyone who sets foot aboard a company aircraft has partaken in another incredible statistic: more than 230 thousand swabs taken in one year (20 thousand, approximately, per month). A careful control strategy that paid off. Indeed, the airline pointed out that there were only 16 cases of positivity.
Cathay stands as a true symbol of Hong Kong's prevention system. Attempting to restart and return to 2019 economy figures cannot take precedence over overall health. A decidedly simple argument, since a new collapse of the health care system could not be afforded.
The recovery is evident, however, and it is the carrier that points this out. In 2020 there was a frightening passive record to say the least. A drop in revenue of 21.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, or about 3 billion U.S. dollars. The light at the end of the tunnel began to be seen in 2021, when the company closed again at a loss, but this time by HK$5.5 billion (about US$700 million).
