Posted on 09/08/2021 4:16:22 PM PDT by Libloather
United Airlines told its staff on Wednesday that those who are granted religious exemptions from getting vaccinated against the coronavirus will be placed on a temporary unpaid leave, CNBC reported.
In August, United became the first major U.S. airline to issue a vaccine mandate for its employees. Employees were given until five weeks after the Pfizer vaccine was granted full approval or until Oct. 25 to present proof of being fully vaccinated. As the Food and Drug Administration granted the Pfizer vaccine full approval on Aug. 23, employees will have until Sept. 27 to get fully vaccinated.
"We have no greater responsibility to you and your colleagues than to ensure your safety when you're at work, and the facts are crystal clear: everyone is safer when everyone is vaccinated," United CEO Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart said to employees in a memo obtained by The Hill last month.
Now United is telling its employees that those who apply for a religious exemption and are denied must get their first shot by Sept. 27 or they will be terminated, CNBC reported. United staffers who are granted medical exemptions will reportedly be placed on temporary medical leave.
Employees who directly interact with customers such as pilots, flight attendants and gate agents who are granted an exemption will be permitted to return to work "once the pandemic meaningfully recedes," United reportedly said, though the airline did not specify a timeline.
Mechanics and dispatchers who are also given exemptions may return to work once United implements new testing procedures and other mitigation measures, according to CNBC.
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Lots of flights will be cancelled due to lack of crew.
Can anyone spell discrimination?
Isn’t forced experimentation wonderful?
“United Airlines told its staff on Wednesday that those who are granted religious exemptions from getting vaccinated against the coronavirus will be placed on a temporary unpaid leave, CNBC reported.”
Oops! The United Airlines morons just opened a multi-billion dollar suit against themselves for religious discrimination.
BTW, a friend just flew in on United. The entire plane was empty of passengers except for my friend and three other passengers.
Not under current law. Montana has addressed that with a very clever use of civil rights law, with their HB 702. But that won’t help here.
The strategy seems to be to keep ratcheting up the costs of non-compliance until individuals are forced to choose between their principles and providing for their families. It’s not a good situation and there are no easy answers.
How long until these idiots are begging for another government bailout?
Would be kind of cool to have a plane almost to yourself.
Ground’em until the point becomes clear.
Sharing a confined space with vaccinated superspreaders and a pilot who might just throw a blood clot mid-flight is not where I want to be.
Unpaid leave until what, this COVID flu isn’t going away.
The “approved” version is not the one currently available.
Our production films in Ga. It was my producer friend and 3 of his staff at the back cabin..and they were the only ones there, heading back to L.A. Just happened 2 weeks ago. The business seats were full so coach seats which sometimes happen. He saved money AND can fully recline the seat back and forward which is extremely rare.
As soon as they’re hit in their pocketbook they’ll reconsider. Maybe. Perhaps. Lots of crews I spoke with where I work won’t take the jab.
Bad news for you, in modern aircraft you only need a pilot for taxi, radio work, and “Black Swan” events. Planes take-off, fly, and land all by computer.
There was a thread where one of the “experts” said the magic word:
Forever.
That’s unconstitutional and hatefully bigoted.
Lawsuit time.
yep, i know a couple unvaxxed pilots ready to walk
Screw United.
Go ahead and order the "vaccines", and document inoculations as "vaccinations", squirt the "vaccine" down the sink, slap a stamp on their passport or whatever is demanded by the Satanists, and wink a lot with smiles.
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