United Airlines says unvaccinated pilots on paid leave are costing the company millions

United Airlines says unvaccinated pilots on paid leave are costing the company millions Blog October 27, 2021 United spending millions of dollars to keep unvaccinated pilots on paid leave. United Airlines has said it’s spending nearly $3 million a month to keep hundreds of employees, including many pilots, who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on paid leave. The numbers were revealed in a filing Friday night in a Fort Worth, Texas federal court, where United is fighting a legal challenge to the employee vaccine mandate it announced in August. Some workers who haven’t complied by getting vaccinated are challenging United in court. The plaintiffs have argued that vaccinated pilots should “not know whether they are flying with an unvaccinated pilot” and that “United should be informing its pilots — as they do the general public — that the risk of contracting Covid-19 on a United airplane is almost zero.” US District Court Judge Mark Pittman of Texas placed a temporary restrai..Continue readingUnited Airlines says unvaccinated pilots on paid leave are costing the company millions

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