New reports now show that, with people making their annual Thanksgiving rush this week, more and more people will be likely to fly despite having flu like symptoms. According to experts, of all the places where the H1N1 virus is most likely to lurk, it will be in cramped areas like airplanes where hundreds of humans are being cramped into the same airspace.

Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said that when people come together, its natural that germs can come together too. There are not many studies about flu spreading on airplanes and trains, but anytime people come this close together, it’s very possible to spread germs, such as flu germs.

Some other studies found that an unsettling number of people, 51 percent, who took part in an online poll by TripAdvisor.com said that they would fly despite having flu symptoms rather than having to pay a flight re-booking fee. Almost 2,300 people took part in this survey. Many frequent fliers say that the results are very disturbing, but not at all surprising.

Rene Foss, a flight attendant for 25 years and a spokeswoman for the Association of Flight Attendants, said that she thinks that it’s an unfortunate attitude that people have. After all, an airplane is like a petri dish in the sky. However, people really are resistant to paying any kind of extra fee and will risk spreading germs just so they do not have to.

This holiday season marks a perfect storm for swine flu cases to rise once again. Although airlines try not to let people board that appear to be sick, most people do not show any kind of swine flu symptoms for days after getting it.