No vaccination, no license to take off?
In the USA, the first airline (United Airlines) threatens unvaccinated crew with dismissal. In Switzerland, the Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss explains to its employees: Anyone who does not get vaccinated against Corona by December 1 will be thrown out of their job.
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Is that also coming for Germany? Lufthansa would be for it. Board member Detlef Kayser on BamS: “As an airline that operates worldwide, we advocate mandatory vaccination for our crews and also need a way to record vaccination data.”
The reason: Hong Kong is the first country to prescribe vaccinations for pilots and flight attendants, Canada and the USA are likely to follow soon. “In the case of the Hong Kong crews, employees must generally state before departure whether they meet the entry requirements. In Hong Kong, this also includes the corona vaccination, ”said a Lufthansa spokesman.
The Verdi union is slowing down: in most countries there are special rules for the entry of crew members, quarantine rooms are available for unvaccinated personnel. “After a year and a half of a pandemic, the airlines are under great economic pressure.
A regulation like the one in the USA could be abused to push ahead with downsizing under the guise of infection protection, ”says Dennis Dacke, Head of the Cockpit / Cabin Division.
For a procedure like the one in the USA and Switzerland, a change in the Infection Protection Act was required, explains specialist lawyer Nicole Mutschke: “There is already a regulation that makes measles vaccination a prerequisite for certain professions.”
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