Posted on 10/10/2021 3:53:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
More than 1,800 flights into and out of Florida were either postponed or canceled over the weekend after air traffic controllers in Jacksonville reportedly conducted a “mass sickout” to protest the federal Covid vaccine mandate.
Big Media propagandists lined up behind an alternative explanation suggesting the outages were due to bad weather or active military training in the airspace.
Journalist Leland Vittert tweeted: “Airline sources: mass “sickout” @FAANews center in Jacksonville — caused ripple effect and 1000+ flight cancellations mostly effecting @SouthwestAir — report “sickout” protesting #VaccineMandate”
According to Flight Aware, Saturday saw some 800 cancellations. Sunday morning saw more than 1,000 flights canceled.
A union representing pilots at Southwest Airlines is suing to stop the federal vaccine requirement from being forced until a lawsuit is resolved.
“The new vaccine mandate unlawfully imposes new conditions of employment and the new policy threatens termination of any pilot not fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021,” the union’s legal representatives said in a court filing. “Southwest Airlines’ additional new and unilateral modification of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement is in clear violation of the RLA.”
According to the guidelines set out by Joe Biden (and “voluntarily” embraced by most of the major airlines), Southwest has a deadline of Oct. 4 under the federal mandate for employees to get jabbed or have an approved medical or religious exemption. Southwest is affected by the mandate because it has contracts with the federal government (like many large businesses).
It was also reported (and ignored by corporate media) that pilots had also participated in the weekend’s “sickout.”
“When hundreds of pilots and air traffic controllers don’t come to work, it’s a safe bet that the flights were canceled due to a lack of pilots to fly planes and air traffic controllers...”
(Excerpt) Read more at worldtribune.com ...
We have North Korean mass media now—they make up the “news”, and ignore real news that affects real people in real time.
Edda blackout due to the weekend. They need a confab for a narrative to blame Republicans and Trump
Media…
The Flew Flu?
It’s Joe’s fault
The Unflew Flu
Excellent, Foist the leftists on their own Petard.
The Flu Unflew
Media blackout: 1,800+ Florida flights reportedly canceled due to vax mandate ‘sickout’
World Tribune ^ | October 10, 2021 | WorldTribune Staff
Posted on 10/10/2021, 3:53:16 PM by E. Pluribus Unum
More than 1,800 flights into and out of Florida were either postponed or canceled over the weekend after air traffic controllers in Jacksonville reportedly conducted a “mass sickout” to protest the federal Covid vaccine mandate.
Big Media propagandists lined up behind an alternative explanation suggesting the outages were due to bad weather or active military training in the airspace.
So, who is lying, and who is B$ing us and other Americans?
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Let’s Go Brandon!
Fauci “Two weeks to flatten the airlines”.
So what is the reality?
Who is lying?:
I hope someone sues the airlines for lying to eveyone about this.
Corporate deliverate outright lying ought to be a criminal offense. Just say no comment or we arent releasing a statement now. Lying ought to be a criminal punitive offense. I wonder if the shareholders could sue for damages as it damages the company’s image and could affect stock prices.
This is a fight the Biden administration and the airlines cannot win.
Too bad that the public has to be inconvenienced, but apparently a job action like this is the only way to get the message across.
Expand it to a nationwide general strike. The slugs in the media won't be able to ignore that.
Nothing incentivises a company to do what is right than a reduction in shareholder value
It's been Democrat-driven propaganda mass media for decades already. My entire adult lifetime (59) has seen the Democrat-controlled media say whatever the Democrats want.
A coincidence:
https://nitter.net/AmtrakNECAlerts/status/1447290393238851594#m
Trains 465 and 416 departing on 10/10 are canceled due to unforeseen crew issues. Alternate transportation will be provided.
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