Flying Fears

" Well one way to track. The swine flu news progress made the more monitoring in new government warning says that airports around the world may start doing precisely that the -- dot gov website. Telling flyers they may soon be checked for flu symptoms it many a rival points around the globe and that includes having your temperature taken. In some cases possibly even put dean in a quarantine. If somebody on flight shows symptoms of H1N1 flew with -- your goals for managing director of the national city safety war. All right and some passengers Peters I understand it. May be asked to walk through what is called a thermal ground it is the screening device to detect. High temperatures good idea bad idea."

" I think it's a good idea that's been done before. I have one. I do an end here here's why I wish. Yeah that first of all it would be necessary. If individuals took the responsibility. If you're not feeling well don't get on -- play. I don't wanna sit next to somebody who's wasted and sneeze and in my travel all the time. And I think that that countries and air carriers and airports have an obligation. To try and protect people vote particularly before they get on a -- Peter what -- have a high temperature do you do something it's not contagious. I would be happy to answer questions. To a public health official and explain the situation. Rather than. Becoming down with the flu and sit next."

" How many young told -- will lie about it because they're so determined to get on board that flight because they got a commitment somewhere and obligations somewhere. You know they got -- through united grandma's. Birthday party out west or something like that they're not gonna tell the Peter."

" Well shame on them. And but but I think that the idea of testing looking for elevated temperatures is as the sound public health decision."

" And Hillary you fly I fly you fly with the fairways you really want someone we use the next few."

" Next you particularly when the the mortality rate is rising among young children yeah it's a sensible thing."

" and I'm with you and I were sitting you know on the trail yesterday. Out of Grand Central and there is a guy who just coughing up a storm and everybody pretty angry about it waiting covering his mouth and so I get you I hear -- But."

" You know it's not going to be lines. These these devices and his tells -- is that worked pretty quickly."

" There and they just gonna grab people who have really elevated temperatures and see if they've got other symptoms."

" and you know what I mean how -- temperature detector any different than a metal. Detector after all we screen for lethal weapons what it why not screen for lethal diseases he does in a way makes sense."

" That's were and and they have been devices you've you've may have walked through some of those -- for devices that they have the number of the airports. Those devices can be calibrated. The test things like anthrax and other. Other pathogens like that so. I mean it's there but I I think this is a wise step but but the real thing. -- people shouldn't fly if they're not feeling well. Which means that the air carriers have got to rethink their nonrefundable tickets and it's been done before what do you mean it's been done before I don't remember about. -- NBA and the Avian flu. Stare and epidemic. A number of the Asian airports Singapore China Hong Kong had. Very extensive temperature screening. Programs that -- portals and and quarantines. They discuss that. That that if you have the if you're trying to enter a country and you have the the the flow you're you're going to be quarantine. -- quarantine for other things that's not -- quite honestly we're just extend your identity as pointless. They're -- good to see if former NTSB managing director thanks much."