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Old 28th April 2009, 08:19 PM
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With swine influenza reports inceasing every day, forward warning messages for quarantine are starting to appear on ACARS.

VH-VPE VA0002 28/04/2009 10:56 V Australia B777-3ZG(ER) Los Angeles-Sydney

ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .VH-VPE
Message label: 81 Block id: 6 Msg. no: M52A
Flight id: VA0002
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/BNEPHVA.- OPS QUARANTINE UPDATE
3 MORE PAX HAVE REPORTED FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS PAX IN 24G 22A 35K
FA SUZAN HAS ALSO REPORTED SYMPTOMS.
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Old 28th April 2009, 11:08 PM
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I dont believe ACARS messages containing crew or pax names for that matter should be published on this site.
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Old 29th April 2009, 07:09 AM
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ACARS info is publicly available on the internet, so I'm not sure what the big deal is?
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Old 29th April 2009, 08:15 AM
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Hope Suzan has a quick recovery.
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Old 29th April 2009, 09:56 AM
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ACARS info is publicly available on the internet, so I'm not sure what the big deal is?
That may well be the case but if I was the FA would prefer it not to be published on a website. How many people really sit around monitoring ACARS messages anyway? Everyone's different I guess.
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Old 29th April 2009, 04:36 PM
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I'm with James.

Public or not there is no need to re-publish everything that is sent via Acars.

I don't see the advantages of making this stuff public? Only adds to the media bashing on the subject.

Just my thoughts.
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Old 29th April 2009, 05:54 PM
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What is the ACARS website address? Sorry for the stupid question but I've never used it before...thanks!
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Old 29th April 2009, 06:25 PM
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oh well, I find it interesting

only a first name of the FA was released, possibly even abbreviated (could be Sussane)

no big deal...
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The point of the thread was that airlines were using ACARS to warn quarantine authorities of passengers with flu like symptoms. Suzan's full name was in the ACARS transmission, however I removed the surname for privacy reasons.

Air New Zealand use ACARS to send emails that include the crew members full email address. If I publish any of these transmissions I always throw in some ??? in the email address to maintain their privacy.
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I like reading Grahames ACARS transmissions, don't see the issue anybody can find them online if they want them.
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