A companywide vaccine mandate appears to have ended a grim weekly event at United Airlines — the death of an employee from Covid-19, the carrier’s top executive says.
Kirby acknowledged that the vaccine mandate is not popular in some circles of his company, but he insisted"it's the right thing to do."
"In dealing with COVID, zero is the word that matters — zero deaths and zero hospitalizations for vaccinated employees," Kirby told employees. "And while I know that some people still disagree with our policy, United is proving that requiring the vaccine is the right thing to do because it saves lives."
The nation's recent struggle with the omicron surge wreaked havoc on airlines, especially during the heavy holiday travel period. On one particular day during this spike, one-third of United employees at Newark Liberty International Airport called in sick, according to Kirby.
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