The disparity between Southwest's operation and other airlines fueled speculation on social media that employees were calling out sick.
The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, Southwest pilots' labor union said that "we can say with confidence that our Pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions."
"Our Pilots will continue to overcome SWA management's poor planning, as well as any external operational challenges, and remain the most productive Pilots in the world," it said.
Earlier on Saturday, the union noted that the company's recent announcement that it will comply with the Biden administration's requirement that federal contractors must mandate staff Covid vaccinations is contributing to distractions for aviators.
"Make no mistake about it – due to months of staffing issues and inefficient scheduling practices we have been operating at a higher than normal operational risk," the union's safety committee told members in a post on Saturday.
It said reports of fatigue, which require pilots not to fly, are triple historic norms.
"All of these challenges have led to an added distraction in the cockpit," it said. "This week's COVID-19 vaccine mandate announcement by the Company only exacerbates the situation."
No response about doctors and nurses having nowhere to go? You continue to argue in bad faith. Shocked.
It’s the mandates. And it appears the sickout is union supported.
Alex Berenson has reported the same through his email alerts.
Your posts say ZERO about pilots and the vaccine...fatigue....other workers quitting, etc yes...all collateral factors. There is no sickout that is union supported, that would be an illegal strike and put the whole union in jeopardy. ...”we can say with confidence that our Pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions."
Why should I respond to your diversion re: doctors? Because it is a false premise....doctors and nurses have plenty of other hospitals to go to....pilots have a handful of airlines...no offense, you just aren’t familiar with the industry.
A close friend, a cardiac critical care nurse, is considering resigning because she already has heart issues from the first two shots and they’re still forcing her to get the booster if she stays. She has no other job options because of it.
As you said, a coordinated sickout is illegal, which is why they are hinting at it being a coordinated move and not outright saying it for plausible deniability. That’s how this works. Read between the lines, or go back to reading the New York Times. I’m sure you’d find more stories that align with your perspective there.
Now you start with the personal attacks....(NYT). sad.
The nurses can travel anywhere...you are saying EVERY hospital in the country is firing unvaccinated nurses? BS. Not in rural areas....
Maybe you should read up on the airline industry, the seniority system, and ALPA.
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No response about doctors and nurses having nowhere to go? You continue to argue in bad faith. Shocked.
It’s the mandates. And it appears the sickout is union supported.
Alex Berenson has reported the same through his email alerts.
Your posts say ZERO about pilots and the vaccine...fatigue....other workers quitting, etc yes...all collateral factors. There is no sickout that is union supported, that would be an illegal strike and put the whole union in jeopardy. ...”we can say with confidence that our Pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions."
Why should I respond to your diversion re: doctors? Because it is a false premise....doctors and nurses have plenty of other hospitals to go to....pilots have a handful of airlines...no offense, you just aren’t familiar with the industry.
They cannot go anywhere else.
A close friend, a cardiac critical care nurse, is considering resigning because she already has heart issues from the first two shots and they’re still forcing her to get the booster if she stays. She has no other job options because of it.
As you said, a coordinated sickout is illegal, which is why they are hinting at it being a coordinated move and not outright saying it for plausible deniability. That’s how this works. Read between the lines, or go back to reading the New York Times. I’m sure you’d find more stories that align with your perspective there.
Now you start with the personal attacks....(NYT). sad. The nurses can travel anywhere...you are saying EVERY hospital in the country is firing unvaccinated nurses? BS. Not in rural areas....
Maybe you should read up on the airline industry, the seniority system, and ALPA.