Keep calm and work from home

Dear colleagues, 

All the world has a huge shock, many people on the verge of a crisis in different industries. And of course aviation. Many borders were closed. Where is the open world and globalization? And a big problem: we don't know about the future. When we can travel without delays, problems and afraid? Who knows...

We can only sit with cross fingers and wait. But still, we have a huge opportunity on the internet. We can have communicated, work and study every day at home in all countries. 

Some people from different countries wrote to me and asked about my situation and I started this message. Open information it's really important in this case. 

I can tell a bit about my country and my life now. 

I work from home all the previous week. My company closed the office and all the office staff work from home. Some airplanes in my company will be parking. Of course, it will be a big challenge for us.

I canceled 3 trips. And it's really sad for me. But I can watch webinars from canceled conferences and meetings. 

In the capital of my country, all grocery stores open, but some malls may be close near time. All gyms and water pools were closed today. We don't have panic and not many sick COVID19. But maybe we don't know trues. I try to sit at home, go to less crowded places, don't watch news and care for my physical and mental health. In business days I work, communicate with my colleagues with help calls and messages and I try to study new pieces of knowledge for my work.

Tomorrow I will write about my studying.  

I work many years in aviation in different places but all the time I can see that knowledge is a big jewel. And all the free time I try to catch it. 

We can close borders and seat at home, but our minds may be open all the time.

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