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Swine Influenza Update

US Airways management briefed with AFA this morning regarding updates to the Swine Influenza outbreak in Mexico City, California, New York, Kansas, Ohio, Texas and other states.

US Airways management will continue to monitor the Swine Flu situation and will follow all Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations.

For Flight Attendant protection, the Company will provide gloves, located in the PSK, on all Mexican destination flights that should be worn by flight attendants when serving passengers. Additionally, there will be extra gloves available in the Inflight briefing room.  Recommendations are to wear gloves and to avoid touching utensils or glasses with bare hands. Until directed by the CDC, management is not recommending that flight attendants wear masks while working.  However, masks will be provided in the PSK for crewmembers to use at their discretion.

 All crews who are traveling to Mexican destinations will, individually and prior to check-in, be provided a briefing which will include:

     CDC Swine Flu updates and general symptom information

     US Airways procedures onboard the aircraft

     Recommendations to reduce your risk of infection

In terms of catering, all dry items are being sent from the United States on a roundtrip basis and will not be boarded in Mexico. Ice will be available at each destination in bags.

Any aircraft with an inoperative water system (water is not working) will not travel to any Mexican destination.

The crew hotels in Mexico City, Cancun and Puerto Villarta have been contacted by the Company regarding the outbreak and in-house or on-call doctors are available to crew if requested.

Mexican gate and ticketing agents have been advised to perform a visual inspection of passengers and to refer any passenger who may have symptoms to local authorities. The Company is waiving ticketing restrictions through April 30 to passengers who wish to change their Mexican travel plans.

This weekend, the US Department of State issued a warning for travelers to exercise caution when in Mexico border towns.  While the Company is not currently providing the above procedures to these towns, AFA would like to encourage flight attendants to exercise health precautions when traveling to the boarder cities of El Paso and San Diego as well.

Following is the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control’s website on the Swine Flu. For additional updates, please visit www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

Swine Influenza (Flu)

Swine Flu website last updated April 27, 2009 1:00 PM ET

U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection

(As of April 27, 2009 1:00 PM ET)

State	# of laboratory confirmed cases
California	7 cases
Kansas	2 cases
New York City	28 cases
Ohio	1 case
Texas	2 cases
TOTAL COUNT	40 cases
International Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection See: World Health Organization

Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the United States. Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection also have been identified internationally. The current U.S. case count is provided below.

An investigation and response effort surrounding the outbreak of swine flu is ongoing.

CDC is working very closely with officials in states where human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) have been identified, as well as with health officials in Mexico, Canada and the World Health Organization. This includes deploying staff domestically and internationally to provide guidance and technical support.

CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center to coordinate the agency's response to this emerging health threat and yesterday the Secretary of the Department Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, declared a public health emergency in the United States. This will allow funds to be released to support the public health response. CDC's goals during this public health emergency are to reduce transmission and illness severity, and provide information to assist health care providers, public health officials and the public in addressing the challenges posed by this newly identified influenza virus. To this end, CDC has issued a number of interim guidance documents in the past 24 hours. In addition, CDC's Division of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is releasing one-quarter of its antiviral drugs, personal protective equipment, and respiratory protection devices to help states respond to the outbreak. Laboratory testing has found the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus susceptible to the prescription antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir. This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated guidance and new information as it becomes available.