Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Long-term, airlines are not likely to tolerate CBA provisions which require them to pay pilots who don't meet basic requirements to do the job, which does include vaccinations required by foriegn governments. That's totally out of the company's control.
In the short-term, language might allow some folks to take advantage of that. But there's not going to be any assured income when you make a personal choice... otherwise everybody would decline vaccination, everybody would get paid time off, and nobody would fly. Doesn't sound economically viable.
Bingo. There are examples of the above throughout every pilot working agreement.
The political posturing associated with the Covid vaccine has people irrationally thinking it will or should be treated differently because they "believe" really strongly in one side or the other. There is no allowance for strong beliefs in contract law.