Australia-based international airline crews are under review as Australia’s COVID-19 rates decrease, and governments look to national safety standards for the pandemic.
Currently, flight crews are exempt from mandatory quarantine, despite many coming from countries that have high COVID-19 infection rates, and interacting with potentially high risk passengers.
Epidemiologist Mike Toole has recommended increasing quarantine and safety precautions around international flight crews, following the recent infection of a Sydney international airport driver.