To go to nigeria I had to have a yellow fever vaccine, I don’t see the difference.
Plenty of countries require covid vaccination to enter, that’s an operational problem for an airline deploying staff.
Plenty of countries require covid vaccination to enter, that’s an operational problem for an airline deploying staff.
It's funny you say that within the context of an airline. Where pilot and air staff's health is under extreme scrutiny because they need to be in good condition, otherwise people could die when things go south. They probably enforce vaccines for yellow fever and similar for pilots flying to countries impacted to those diseases, why is it any different for COVID-19?
VNV and everyone: “No problem!”
KLM: “You also need this extra healthcare requirement that KLM is imposing.”
VNV: “No. We’ll see you in court.”
Airlines ensuring their flight crews are complying with federal laws and ICAO standards is great. Airlines setting their own medical standards differently is what I (and the pilots’ union) think is improper.
I think you're mistaking the country, KLM is a Dutch airline, and the Netherlands is not a federation. They're under EASA and ICAO regulations, on top of Dutch and (every country they operate in) regulations.
> Airlines setting their own medical standards differently is what I (and the pilots’ union) think is improper.
It's up to them to set those medical standards if they think they're needed. They probably have mental health standards too, considering the worst air disaster in terms of death toll was caused by a pilot of theirs forgetting he's not in a simulator with bad visibility and crashing his 747 into another 747.
As has already been said, many countries require Covid vaccination for entry, including in the EU. Why would an airline not require their air staff to be vaccinated?
The court disagreed in the case we’re discussing.
Are you sure? Available numbers have varied. Are you sure that it is not just a superficial appearance, and that damage could be revealed by a low-level assessment? Some people do not drink or smoke, you know - they want to be optimal, not "it's just a scratch".
Those people who judge the potential damages from covid as negligile but for limited cases would have little reason for reclutance towards vaccination, which would gain the advantage of further reducing those chances.