{"id":1184304,"date":"2022-01-03T16:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184304"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:49:48","slug":"leaked-airline-memos-majority-of-employees-with-omicron-are-vaxxed-healthy-pilots-offered-more-pay-to-cover-shifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-airline-memos-majority-of-employees-with-omicron-are-vaxxed-healthy-pilots-offered-more-pay-to-cover-shifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Airline Memos: Majority Of Employees With Omicron Are Vaxxed, Healthy Pilots Offered More Pay To Cover Shifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleaked-airline-memos-majority-of-employees-with-omicron-are-vaxxed-healthy-pilots-offered-more-pay-to-cover-shifts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184304&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday, The Daily Wire\u2019s \u201cMorning Wire\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/mt\/podcast\/biden-shifts-covid-messaging-january-3-2022\/id1576594336?i=1000546768952\">podcast<\/a> revealed that in wake of massive absences due to COVID-19, major airlines such as United and Spirit Airlines are reportedly offering employees more pay to help cover shifts for colleagues out of commission due to the illness. In a memo obtained by The Daily Wire, United specifically cited Omicron as having caused a \u201csignificant\u201d increase in pilot illness, making the higher pay necessary to keep flights on track. Despite the airline industry being heavily vaccinated, the Omicron variant has caused an uptick in COVID-19 absences.<\/p>\n<p>As the Morning Wire reported, more than 4,000 flights were canceled just this past weekend. While a massive storm in Chicago was partly to blame, it appears the main driver has been amongst pilots.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines\u2019 CEO Scott Kirby had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/united-pilots%20fired%20after%20vaccine%20mandate-2021-12\">stated<\/a> that the company had been forced to fire \u201cjust six of its 13,000-strong pilot group\u201d who did not get the vaccine despite a company mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026Kirby said about 200 employees were terminated because they failed to get the COVID-19 vaccine, six of which were pilots, reported Reuters. Moreover, 80 pilots who received a medical or religious exemption were put on unpaid leave.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The firings represent less than 1% of the company\u2019s 67,000-employee workforce, with most employees choosing to get the shot before the September 27 deadline.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Delta has bragged that more than 90% of its 80,000 employees are vaccinated. Yet, a Delta memo recently acknowledged that when it comes to \u201cconfirmed Omicron cases, including those among airline workers, the majority are occurring in fully-vaccinated individuals,\u201d according to the Morning Wire\u2019s Georgia Howe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only is omicron making more vaccinated employees sick vs. the unvaccinated, but putting those unvaccinated employees on the street without pay means the airline doesn\u2019t have much wiggle room when their schedules start to fall apart,\u201d Jason Kunisch,&nbsp;co-founder of U.S. Freedom Flyers and a pilot for a major airline told the Morning Wire.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire\u2019s John Bickley observed, COVID-19 was called the \u201cpandemic of the unvaccinated\u201d just a short while ago but that term may now be obsolete given the latest news.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more long-lasting ramifications of the pandemic, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airlines.org\/dataset\/impact-of-covid19-data-updates\/\">report<\/a> from \u201cAirlines for America,\u201d has been an increase in the use of technology in the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 has brought about an acceleration of digital competency across demographic cohorts,\u201d the report noted. \u201cWe have a lot of different people who fly through the airport. We are constantly thinking about the experience we present to them. And if people have become more technology savvy, more&nbsp; digitally competent, that means we can accelerate and roll out the contactless passenger&nbsp; journey across many platforms \u2014 and there will be an acceptance of and a desire for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, though, the industry\u2019s only recourse might be to offer more pay to those who can work, such as Spirit Airlines offering flight attendants double pay to pick up extra flights this January.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, The Daily Wire\u2019s \u201cMorning Wire\u201d podcast revealed that in wake of massive absences due to COVID-19, major airlines such as United and Spirit Airlines are reportedly offering employees more pay to help cover shifts for colleagues out of commission due to the illness. In a memo obtained by The Daily Wire, United specifically &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}