American Airlines will end pandemic downturn for unvaccinated personnel

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September 3 (Reuters) – American Airlines (AAL.O) said on Friday it would not provide special permits as of next month to unvaccinated employees who have to be quarantined due to COVID-19.

Unvaccinated workers will have to use time off due to illness or sick leave if they lose their job due to illness.

“Given that there is an FDA-approved vaccine, only pandemic leave will be offered to fully vaccinated team members and they provide us with their vaccination card,” the carrier said in a note to staff seen by Reuters.

The move comes after United Airlines Inc (UAL.O) last month became the first U.S. airline to require vaccines for all domestic employees.

Separately, Alaska Air (ALK.N) said Friday it had stopped paying special for absences of unvaccinated employees due to COVID-19 infection or exposure to a suspect. (https://bit.ly/3h07qlo)

The airline has mandated vaccination for all new hires and will pay $ 200 to employees who provide vaccination evidence.

Shreyasee Raj reports to Bengaluru; Edited by Aditya Soni

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