Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
Hey I was hopeful also and was flying with a smart x Coastie and he disagreed with me thinking the same as you. I said cool tell me why and he said basically “there is simply no benefit to them and it’s a risk for them”. He said why would they risk letting us who travel across the world daily reintroduce infections. I saw his point but was skeptical until Australia made a huge deal about a infection a couple of months ago by our aircrews.
I think it will end up being a mishmash with Europe being mostly if not all open and ASIA mostly closed as it seems many of those countries have dug in!
I think that enough countries will mandate it globally that on the 777 you'll be forced to take it. Anyone Junior in their seat will probably be forced as well because I'm sure Canada will require it. Maybe the union can swing a deal where you can drop Canada without pay if you're tapped for it. With the company being short on pilots that might not be acceptable to them though... We'll see... It's going to be changing daily now.