(Just the News staff) The total number flight cancellations entering, leaving or inside the United States climbed Christmas Day to 888 and 2,538 worldwide, as airlines struggle to keep planes in the sky amid the surge of COVID-19 cases that are keeping employees off the job.
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American Airlines Cancels More Than 600 Flights Sunday Amid Weather Issues and Staffing Shortage
(Natalia Mittelstadt) Over 1,500 American Airlines flights have been canceled since Friday.
Southwest Airlines Backs Down From Vaccine Mandate After Massive Protests
(Lance D Johnson) Hundreds of employees with Southwest Airlines are pushing back against the federal government’s unlawful vaccine mandate, and the company is beginning to accommodate their employees, instead of firing them.
Southwest Airlines Employees Get Victory: Company Will Not Enforce Vaccine Mandate Against Those Awaiting Medical or Religious Exemptions
One day after employees carried out a peaceful protest outside Southwest Airlines headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the company is announcing that it will not be putting employees who are seeking exemptions to vaccine mandates on unpaid leave. The company’s decision was announced on Tuesday.
Seattle Set To Lose a Quarter of Its Police Force Over COVID Vaccine Mandate As Other Emergency Services, Industry Sectors Prepare for Collapse
(JD Heyes) If the COVID-19 pandemic has done anything, it has exposed the Democratic Party for what it is: a den of authoritarians, tyrants and science deniers who don’t care about anything but accruing more power by destroying civil liberties that are supposed to be protected by the Constitution.
Southwest Employees are Now Organizing ‘Peaceful Protest’ Against the Airline’s Vaccine Mandate
(Kyle Becker) Southwest Airlines employees are now organizing a “peaceful protest,” according to a flyer from a Southwest employee shared by Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec
It Appears That an American Airlines Uprising Against the Vaccine Mandate is Now Beginning
(Kyle Becker) In the aftermath of a reported Southwest “sick out,” American Airlines workers appear to be carrying out their own act of vaccine mandate resistance. There are now 251 flight cancellations and 616 flight delays for American Airlines, the majority of them at the airport in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Alaska Airlines Fired Flight Attendants for Saying Democrat Transgender Bill Harms Women
(Greg Piper) EEOC complaints say union refused to defend their employment rights against religious discrimination, “disparaged” their Christian beliefs.
Woman Pens Blistering Letter to United Airlines CEO over New Diversity Plan for Pilots: “I Can No Longer Risk Flying My Family on Your Airline”
(Patty McMurray) I’m writing to you in reference to a new United Airlines policy published today via the airline’s Twitter account.
“F*ck This Place, G****mn Liberal F*cks” – Southwest Airlines Pilot Caught on Hot Mic Ranting Against San Francisco
(Joe Hoft) A Southwest Airlines pilot was caught on a hot mic ranting about liberal San Francisco. The Daily Caller reported on the outburst:
American Airlines Promises ‘Investigation’ After Flight Attendant Bullies Elderly Woman To Tears For Briefly Lowering Mask
(Andrew White) Last night, republican strategist Andrew Surabian described a situation on his American Airlines flight in which he witnessed a flight attendant harass an elderly woman for briefly removing her face mask, in a series of tweets.
Your “Immunity Passport” Future Begins To Materialize As Airlines Call For Digital ID Tracking Systems
(Derrick Broze) The world’s largest airline trade group has called for immunity passports, thermal screening, masks, and physical distancing to be a part of the industry’s strategy for returning to “normal” operations.