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Old 10-11-2021 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by fadec
Looks like Governor Abbot won't be accommodating UAL's commie vax mandate. Could this affect IAH.
No. Fed supersedes states on some things, and two very clearly established examples of those things are...

- Aviation & airlines

- Federal employees & contractors


If you want to over-rule the federal executive, you need the federal courts, not locals.

To me it seems that the fed might not have solid grounds to mandate vaccination for all employees of a federal contractor carte blanche, but rather only those employees who actually do federal work or are exposed to federal persons. That would include all cabin crew obviously, and quite possibly pilots who are locked in the same tube with DTS-ticketed federal travelers but I don't see what it has to do with mechanics, call-center agents, rampers, etc. who have no contact with federal pax.
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