Originally Posted by
Explizer
Yes, absolutely, they would much prefer that everybody just get the shot and this is interfering with that plan. The bigger point I am making here is the WHY they want them to get the shots and WHAT they wanted to do with people that refused to get the shots while they were waiting for them to have a religious experience.
They want us to get the shots for 2 main reasons:
1. Kirby has said that he believes in the vaccine and that every letter he has written to the family of an employ that died from covid was for an unvaccinated employee. The vaccine isn’t a magic pill, but it does significantly reduce the seriousness and mortality rate of those affected. I do however find it ironic that he tells the press that 100% of United crews are vaccinated when he knows that over 50% of United flights are operated by regional crews who face no such mandate.
2. Money. Pilots not being able to work certain flights will cost money. Some places will require vaccination. No fleet is exempt and having pilots not able to cover any assignment creates scheduling inefficiencies that they want to avoid. If we’re all vaccinated, then we’re all interchangeable parts without restrictions. Requiring frequent testing could also cost money by having people not testing negative. My son for instance just had a test and it showed inconclusive. He never had any symptoms or a positive test, but a pilot with the same results would be pulled as a precaution and put a further strain on the already thin reserve availability.
Kirby wants everyone to believe like he does, if not he was willing to bribe us. The plan was to put those few parts that are not interchangeable on a shelf and store them without cost until things change or until they decided to become interchangeable by getting vaccinated so that they could be pulled off the shelf and plugged back into the machine. For now, the TRO is interfering since those parts are on the shelf, but United is paying for storage.