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American hits $9.5 BILLION LOSS for 2020 …..is a comeback possible???  

Yup — a family of 20 (10 adults + 10 kids) were tossed off a recent American flight from Salt Lake City to Hawaii – via DFW — apparently a couple of the kids were wearing their masks below the nose along with one adult who was wearing a very “slim” mask.  AA later rebooked the group on a Delta flight to Hawaii — which leaves to question the “why” for the entire no fly incident in the first place?

Maybe — the current administration is doing initial groundwork to explore the potential of requiring domestic air travelers to pass a COVID test prior to any travel — this might be on airport “quick” tests or testing 3-4 days prior to any travel. Although there are benefits from such a program, air carriers see this as another “kink” in bringing passenger traffic back to semi-normal.

TSA says “travel is way down” … with US numbers in January hitting a new low of less than 470,000 a day — this is the first time since last July the numbers have fallen this low — looks like it fall even more prior to end of March -April Easter holidays!!!

Future worldwide air travel may focus more on “freight services” than carrying passengers — freight is easier to operate and takes less people — in the 60’s and 70’s planes were outfitted to carry both passengers and freight where now only passengers take up space!!! 

Yup — US travel industry unemployment hits a new high of 51% in January — and the next few months could continue to see even higher numbers with travelers hitting normal seasonal lows — watch for some great last minute domestic ticket offers!!!

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/attractions/2021/01/25/disney-jungle-cruise-attraction-update

What You Need To Know

• Disney to update its Jungle Cruise attraction
• Changes will make the attraction more inclusive
• Storyline will also be changed 
• Jungle Cruise at Disney World and Disneyland will be updated

Walt Disney Imagineers will be making changes to the attraction’s story to make it more inclusive, with enhancements that “reflect and value the diversity of the world around us.” The revamped storyline will have riders following a skipper and his passengers “as their journey goes awry.” The changes will include the addition of an animatronic skipper within the attraction. But the live, wise-cracking skippers will remain.

In a blog post, Disney shared concept art previewing of the changes that will be made. One of the renderings shows a group of explorers that will be more diverse—with women and people of color among the group. More details about the changes coming to the attraction will be released at a later date.

Disney has made a few updates to some of its older attractions to remove outdated depictions. In 2018, Disney revamped its Pirates of the Caribbean ride to remove the “bride auction” scene, replacing it with a scene featuring a female pirate named Redd. And just last year, Disney announced plans to reimagine its Splash Mountain attraction by removing the characters inspired by Song of the South” and giving it a theme inspired by the animated film, The Princess and the Frog.

Jungle Cruise has been criticized in the past for its stereotypical depictions of indigenous people.

“As Imagineers, it is our responsibility to ensure experiences we create and stories we share reflect the voices and perspectives of the world around us,” said Carmen Smith, executive of creative development and inclusion strategies at Walt Disney Imagineering, in a statement. “With Jungle Cruise, we’re bringing to life more of what people love—the humor and wit or our incredible skippers, while making needed updates.”

The updates will be made to the Jungle Cruise attraction at both at Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California. Disney expects the changes to be completed later this year.

Maybe — COVID sniffing dogs may be in the next wave of safer airline travel with TSA using dogs at their screening points and throughout both secure and insecure airport areas — as to the “when” … maybe late March and April as Easter Travel winds up???

Could be — Florida is a “hot” medical tourism destination for travelers from South America as it seems easier to use a US friend or relative to secure a vaccine appointment — and, if you want to venture farther, India is taking advantage for the medical tourism travel market with their over supply of their own vaccine!  The TC says “stick with the science and the USA”!!

Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor, an emergency room physician responsible for the state’s arriving passenger testing program, says to expect the testing requirement for arriving passengers to be lifted this spring for those who have been vaccinated.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/19/state-hopes-exempt-vaccinated-travelers-quarantine-testing-by-spring/