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BTW, I flew from Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta yesterday on Jet Blue. The RT fare for two was $286 about $100 less than Delta, our go to carrier. First time in probably 9 months I've traveled by air.
What was impressive was the care taken to inform me about what I was expected to do when boarding, flying and de-planing. All very well laid out in 2 emails that I received starting a week before the flight. I checked in on line. There was a page that I had to accept restating the mitigation protocols that were going to be in place - mask at all times, board from back to front, no one would occupy middle seats, de-plane from front to back - stay in your seat until the row in front of you is in the aisle and moving forward. We did not check bags, went straight to the gate. It felt orderly and safe. The plain was full except for middle seats so, probably 60-70 capacity - usually enough for a flight to be profitable but that was in normal times. Lots of money has gone into hygiene and infection control in aircraft.
Both the departure and arrival airports were nearly empty, ATL a bit busier than FTL. That was actually kindof nice. It was sad seeing all the shops and bars closed. Restaurants with seating were open but tables spaced and masking required to enter, OK to take them off when seated.
ATL is huge and has a rail system connecting gates with the two main terminals. We rode the train and since there were so few people, spacing was available in the cars. People seemed responsible. We saw 2 unmasked persons during the entire trip among the thousand or so we probably ran across.
We live in the Northern suburbs of ATL and are connected by light rail (MARTA). We rode that to our destination station and Uber'ed from there to our home. MARTA is usually very busy and probably like the NYC subways just less extensive. There was no capacity enforcement but signs about masking and distancing and public address announcements multiple times on the 40m trip. Not everyone was masked - probably 7 of 10 and distancing was not observed. It wasn't crowded though so, we were able to distance. It wasn't ideal but, I don't think MARTA authorities can do much more than they have done. I don't think I'll ride MARTA back to the airport when we go back to FTL next week. We'll just Uber all the way.
Overall it felt good to travel, I felt we limited our COVID exposure to the extent possible and as long as I don't come down with the virus within the next 10d, I won't hesitate to do it again - a trip to MI is shaping up in the October time frame. Usually that would be for a game. Hate it that's gone along with cruising ...... two things I love to do and that I'm going to lose a year of it, maybe more, and if and when those two things I love return, they will be starkly different and how much I'll enjoy them is in question.
What was impressive was the care taken to inform me about what I was expected to do when boarding, flying and de-planing. All very well laid out in 2 emails that I received starting a week before the flight. I checked in on line. There was a page that I had to accept restating the mitigation protocols that were going to be in place - mask at all times, board from back to front, no one would occupy middle seats, de-plane from front to back - stay in your seat until the row in front of you is in the aisle and moving forward. We did not check bags, went straight to the gate. It felt orderly and safe. The plain was full except for middle seats so, probably 60-70 capacity - usually enough for a flight to be profitable but that was in normal times. Lots of money has gone into hygiene and infection control in aircraft.
Both the departure and arrival airports were nearly empty, ATL a bit busier than FTL. That was actually kindof nice. It was sad seeing all the shops and bars closed. Restaurants with seating were open but tables spaced and masking required to enter, OK to take them off when seated.
ATL is huge and has a rail system connecting gates with the two main terminals. We rode the train and since there were so few people, spacing was available in the cars. People seemed responsible. We saw 2 unmasked persons during the entire trip among the thousand or so we probably ran across.
We live in the Northern suburbs of ATL and are connected by light rail (MARTA). We rode that to our destination station and Uber'ed from there to our home. MARTA is usually very busy and probably like the NYC subways just less extensive. There was no capacity enforcement but signs about masking and distancing and public address announcements multiple times on the 40m trip. Not everyone was masked - probably 7 of 10 and distancing was not observed. It wasn't crowded though so, we were able to distance. It wasn't ideal but, I don't think MARTA authorities can do much more than they have done. I don't think I'll ride MARTA back to the airport when we go back to FTL next week. We'll just Uber all the way.
Overall it felt good to travel, I felt we limited our COVID exposure to the extent possible and as long as I don't come down with the virus within the next 10d, I won't hesitate to do it again - a trip to MI is shaping up in the October time frame. Usually that would be for a game. Hate it that's gone along with cruising ...... two things I love to do and that I'm going to lose a year of it, maybe more, and if and when those two things I love return, they will be starkly different and how much I'll enjoy them is in question.
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