Unvaccinated pilots are costing United Airlines millions of dollars

By Erik Larson
Published 2 Min Read

United Airlines said it’s spending millions on paid leave for unvaccinated pilots because their colleagues “refuse to risk their safety” by flying with them.

The leave is costing the airline about $1.4 million every two weeks — money it’s unlikely to recover even if it wins the lawsuit, United said in a filing Friday night in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, where it is fighting a legal challenge to the employee vaccine mandate it announced in August.

Erik Larson
From Bloomberg News

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