United Cuts Flights After About 3,000 Workers Test Positive For Covid-19

Jan 11, 2022, 10:54am

The CEO of United Airlines said in a note to employees Tuesday that the airline is trimming its flight schedules to deal with a staffing shortage caused by around 3000 workers calling out sick after testing positive for Covid-19.
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Kirby said the change is intended to make sure we have the resources to take care of customers.

The latest omicron outbreak has put a strain on our operation, which had to make massive cancellation over the holidays.

United Airlines will cut its schedule on an ongoing basis, according to the report.

Kirby said that nearly a third of its workforce in Newark had called out sick in a single day due to staffing shortages.

Kirby said that out of around 3,000 United Airlines workers who have tested positive, none were hospitalized, thanks to the vaccine mandate.

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Staffing shortages caused United Airlines to cancel thousands of flights over the holidays. American Airlines is expected to follow in the footsteps of JetBlue Airways and Alaska Airlines, which have reduced their flight schedules due to staffing shortages. United Airlines said last month that it is offering triple pay to pilots who fly certain flights in January. United Airlines, American, Southwest, and Spirit are paying their flight attendants more to work in a smaller workforce.

There were over 1.5 million. The previous single-day record for Covid-19 cases in the U.S. was 1.17 million on January 3. The surge of the highly transmissible omicron variant has taken a toll on the healthcare industry. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, there were severe shortages of medical workers in more than 25% of hospitals in 18 states.

The CEO of United Airlines says about 3,000 employees test positive.

United Airlines offers triple pay to pilots.

More than 2,600 flights were canceled on New Year's Day in the U.S.

United canceled over 100 Christmas Eve flights because of staff shortages.