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Regional airline discouraged pilots from getting COVID vaccine because of increased passenger demandBY KRIS VAN CLEAVE

MARCH 25, 2021 / 6:47 AM / CBS NEWS

American Airlines subsidiary Piedmont Airlines discouraged pilots from getting COVID vaccines last weekend "due to high demand" for flying, according to a memo obtained by CBS News.

In the memo sent last Wednesday, Piedmont Airlines Chief Pilot John Pursell told the regional carrier's 500 pilots, "Piedmont will be unable to release any additional pilots for COVID vaccination for the weekend of March 19-21 due to high demand."

Demand for travel has been on the rise throughout March, hitting a pandemic high of more than 1.5 million passengers screens at TSA checkpoints on Sunday.

Pursell told pilots they would need to "attempt to schedule later in the month" so the airline could maintain "operational reliability."

Piedmont is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines with bases in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The regional carrier operates 50 seat Embraer E-145 airliners.

A source at the airline told CBS News that several pilots were denied the time off to get a COVID vaccine last weekend due to a lack of sufficient reserve pilots to cover their shifts. The source added that while employees are happy the airline is busy again, "pilots need to be allowed to be protected…without retribution."

The FAA does not allow pilots to fly for 48 hours after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot, a regulation that could strain the airline's ability to keep pace with increasing travel demand that had it "operating at near capacity of both aircraft and available crews," according to the to the memo.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-piedmont-airlines-high-demand-flying-air-travel/#app

Here Are The Airlines Ordering Staff To Get Vaccinated Against Covid

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Jun 24, 2021

Robert Hart. Forbes Staff

TSA Says Air Travel Hit Highest Level Since March On November 29

Millions of Americans travelled by plane for Thanksgiving despite health experts warning against it.

TOPLINE Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways told employees on Thursday they must get vaccinated against Covid-19 or face losing their jobs, marking one of the sector’s strictest policies as airlines deliberate how to safely reopen domestic and international air travel after months of being hampered by the coronavirus pandemic.

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KEY FACTS

Cathay Pacific told Hong Kong-based staff their future with the company would be subject to “review” if they have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of August, South China Morning Post first reported.

The stringent requirement—which Brisbane, Australia-based Alliance also adopted in May—exceeds that of other major airlines, which have mostly focused on encouraging their employees to get the shots or required vaccination only in limited circumstances.

U.S.-based United Airlines said Tuesday it will soon require crew flying to high-risk countries like India, Brazil and Chile to be fully vaccinated and, along with Delta, will now need new employees to prove they have been fully immunized.

Dubai’s Emirates strongly encourages crew to get vaccinated, which is free, or else pay for regular testing themselves, pointing to the “operational” as well as “health and safety” hazards of an unvaccinated workforce.

The head of Australia’s Qantas has stated the airline’s intent to mandate vaccination for crew and passengers alike when there is sufficient domestic supply and borders reopen, with plans to change its terms and conditions to make them a “necessity” for anyone traveling.

KEY BACKGROUND

Airlines, and the travel sector as a whole, faces a more complicated return to normal than most industries, having to navigate the complexities of creating a safe environment for passengers and staff while navigating a patchwork of different regulations and pandemic situations across various borders. Vaccine mandates are one possibility, but could potentially open the company to costly litigation—in the U.S., at least, it is a relatively untested area of law—and employees leaving if they do not comply, not all of whom may be easily replaced given labor shortages. United’s CEO wants to make vaccines mandatory for all the airline’s staff but said it can only “realistically” do so if it is joined by other airlines.

In February, UAE-based Etihad said it had become the first airline in the world to have had all on-board crew fully vaccinated.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Airlines have mostly shied away from instituting vaccine requirements on passengers themselves. At the moment, with international travel still heavily restricted, it is something governments have taken on themselves, though this may change as things reopen.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/06/24/here-are-the-airlines-ordering-staff-to-get-vaccinated-against-covid/?sh=69ecc2ee3035