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In principle GTC, yes ... in practice, radically different.  ALL carriers operating into Australia MUST be members of IATA (Intl air transport association) but that don't have the authority to alter the T&Cs for all passenger uplift across all carriers.  Only the federal govt can enforce that, a state government cannot.

That's why Qantas has started the push.  The complexity of bringing that into being universally, well, I could write a book about that.  Minefields

@capcom‍ -  I read the other day governments were thinking about forcing airlines to quarantine international staff from domestic staff, it seems unworkable. Especially if destinations bring in a vaccination / quarantine requirement for incoming airline staff as well as passenger arrivals.

How do you quarantine staff before departure, then require them to quarantine again on return, and still remain a viable organisation? You'd need to have staff on the job for weeks on end, on top of having them endure quarantine before and after a block of work, just to get a reasonable staff duty cycle!

LP, you simply can't.  Unless you want to go bankrupt.  You'd need to triple the operating crew at every port; multiply that by their network ports within Australia and it would kill the industry and any interest in operating into this country.

I can see where this is headed.  Integration of their updated covid clearance certificates within their passports, much like a visa.  That is, just by itself, a ludicrous administration overload.

Unworkable. And that's for starters

How do you police that?

Will you trust all foreign authorities to give passengers the all clear and rubber stamp?

It appears a clear and growing risk is flight crews, and passengers are in intimate contact with them!

Always reasons why something can't be done, it can. It aint rocket science. These are unique and unprecedented circumstances that require unique and unprecedented thinking.

You have to operate on trust, trust that humans will do the right thing!

Unfortunately in this situation, I fear the vast bulk of people will do the right thing, while it only takes one nerd who wants badly to light the fuse just to see what happens!

I've heard it all now, the stupidity of bureaucracy knows no bounds!

Brett Lee has been packed up and sent home from Adelaide Test commentary duties, due to the Sydney Northern Beaches COVID outbreak.

This makes perfect sense!

Rather than isolate the itinerant COVID carrying NSW vagabond in situ as part of a contagious contingent, until tested all clear, SA sends them begrudgingly trudging through the public space of Adelaide's airport and pack them into a 40m long flying tin can with a few hundred innocent bystanders for the ++1hr flight home!

It's all good!

That sounds about right according to how we have dealt with things, although he would want to be home for Xmas...