Piedmont Airlines pilots were"discouraged" from getting the COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend.Pilots receiving the vaccine cannot fly for 48 hours after the injection per Federal Aviation Administration rules. A vaccination drive for aviation workers at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport created a major staffing issue for a major regional airline over the weekend.
Piedmont Airlines pilots were so eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine that the airline"discouraged" workers from receiving it because it wouldn't have had enough pilots to cover scheduled flights, according to. The pop-up vaccination clinic was held for airport and airline workers and would've given the pilots easy access to the in-demand inoculation.
But the airline says it didn't have enough pilots available to operate its scheduled flights while others were getting the vaccine because of"high demand" for travel during the weekend of the vaccination drive, according to an internal memo viewed byPiedmont told Insider that a number of pilots were given the authorization to take time off but not all requests could be accommodated.
"Due to FAA requirements of our pilots to remain out of work post-vaccine we are doing our best to offer flexibility while serving the needs of our customers," Piedmont Airlines spokesperson Crystal Byrd told Insider. The Federal Aviation Administration currently allows airline pilots to receive the three vaccines under emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration, including those from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. But pilots must wait
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