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Report: 3,000 United Airlines Employees Call Out Sick with Coronavirus
Breitbart ^ | 01/12/2022 | Katherine Hamilton

Posted on 01/12/2022 3:47:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Three thousand United Airlines employees have called out sick with coronavirus, causing more flight cancellations, CNBC reported on Tuesday.

The surge in illness comes after CEO Scott Kirby instituted a vaccine mandate for all of his U.S. employees. Those who declined to get vaccinated were either fired or obtained an exemption and were subsequently placed on unpaid leave. According to the report, Kirby told employees the airline is “trimming its schedule” in order to deal with the increase in sick calls. In a memo to staff, Kirby said 3,000 workers have tested positive for coronavirus, which is “4 percent of its U.S. workforce.” The report continued:

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KEYWORDS: airline; airlines; coronavirus; employees; sick; unitedairlines
The airline industry is dead with all this masking and testing other coronavirus BS.
1 posted on 01/12/2022 3:47:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Are they really sick?


2 posted on 01/12/2022 3:53:10 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m sure they’ll be asking for more money from the gobment.


3 posted on 01/12/2022 3:56:47 PM PST by Trillian
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Three thousand United Airlines employees have called out sick with coronavirus, causing more flight cancellations, CNBC reported on Tuesday.

The surge in illness comes after CEO Scott Kirby instituted a vaccine mandate for all of his U.S. employees. Those who declined to get vaccinated were either fired or obtained an exemption and were subsequently placed on unpaid leave.”

So which is it? Pshaw Breitbart

The airline had 3000 test kits and staff to test?

Nope

Did they call out saying they had Covid after a mandate that airline staff like medical staff know is a mandate for a non reversible serum?


4 posted on 01/12/2022 3:59:20 PM PST by stanne
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"Are they really sick?"

The company I worked for has 400 employees, and I heard today that almost half are out with omicron getting immunized.

5 posted on 01/12/2022 4:26:55 PM PST by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

To get a false positive you pour something acidic on the plastic covering of the test stick. Kids were the ones who discovered how to do this.


6 posted on 01/12/2022 4:49:07 PM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/


7 posted on 01/12/2022 6:08:54 PM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I hope they go BANKRUPT. It would be well deserved.


8 posted on 01/12/2022 6:36:25 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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