Cost of covid tests vs cost to business4 Apr 2022 20:14
You have probably seen the stories today about Easyjet cancelling 62 flights due to staff being off with covid. This is an example of where I think, in time it becomes a no brainer for most companies to pick up the cost for regular covid testing.
I had a flight cancelled a few years ago (me, wife and our 3 kids). We got put in a hotel for the night, fed and a flight on a rivals airline the next day as well as if memory serves me £1800 in compensation. Something all airlines need to do and pay for by law. So just the 5 of us would have cost the airline around £3000 at least. Each cancelled flight costs the airlines big bucks! Obviously depending on how many people are booked on it, where it is going etc but let's say £100,000 on average at least.
You can buy a lot of covid tests for that money! Economically it will make sense to invest in testing even if it goes into the millions than lose reputations, clientele and money through fines, refunds etc. I'm very confident all big business and probably most small as well will start realising this and soon.