Two more airlines—Alaska and JetBlue—will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
and Southwest Airlines about vaccine mandates, according to three people familiar with the situation. They spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because the calls were private.
They are also government contractors, and so could fall under a Dec. 8 deadline that contractors enforce vaccination requirements — without the testing option. “This means employees may no longer opt-in for regular testing and masking in lieu of getting the vaccine,” Alaska Airlines said in a memo to employees.
United Airlines took an early and tough stance to require vaccination. United said Thursday that 320 of its 67,000 U.S. employees face termination for not getting vaccinated or seeking a medical or religious exemption by a deadline earlier this week.
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