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Southwest CEO Says No One Will Be Fired Over Vaccine Mandates
Conservative Brief ^ | 10/12/2021 | Carmine Sabia

Posted on 10/12/2021 9:45:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: MNJohnnie
Unions? You witnessed the solidarity of the NYC Teachers union? Hospital Workers Unions? AFSCME Union?

All jab the scab. Unreal!

21 posted on 10/12/2021 11:04:42 PM PDT by blackdog (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: Mount Athos

You can’t replace pilots like you can replace fruit pickers. They may quit but if they stand together they won’t be fired.


22 posted on 10/12/2021 11:27:57 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: SeekAndFind

They can’t.

Not if they want to remain in business.


23 posted on 10/12/2021 11:36:28 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Irish Eyes

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24 posted on 10/12/2021 11:36:39 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: SeekAndFind

The CEO is a member of the World Economic Forum…


25 posted on 10/12/2021 11:41:50 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
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To: SeekAndFind
“Southwest Airlines is a federal contractor and we have no viable choice but to comply with the U.S. government mandate for employees to be vaccinated, and — like other airlines — we’re taking steps to comply,” he said.

Then what are you going to do with the employees that refuse the vax if you don't fire them?

You can't have it both ways. Either you defy the illegal mandate and keep them on, or you cave to Sleepy46 and fire them.

26 posted on 10/13/2021 12:26:15 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: SeekAndFind

My little brother has been a Captain for Southwest for over 20 years. With management’s encouragement he got the two doses of Pfizer over the summer. At his next FAA physical he was grounded because his heart was found to be swollen and inflamed. After months of repeated visits to specialists he is now considered permanently disabled. He is getting about a third of what he used to. He never had any history of heart problems and has always kept himself very physically fit. He is a mess now.

The problem is far less “rare” than we are being led to believe. Almost every doctor he went to had seen other middle aged pilots with the same problem after being vaccinated. This is the type of thing that causes other pilots not to want to get the shots.


27 posted on 10/13/2021 12:36:17 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: SeekAndFind

“but we can say with confidence that our Pilots are not participating in any official or unofficial job actions,”

Either a liar or clueless. Either one is bad.


28 posted on 10/13/2021 2:01:30 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Mount Athos

Yea, the “no one will be fired” is disingenuous BS. United is not firing employees who were approved for exemptions, they are put on unpaid leave. At least if you’re fired you can go get another job rather than be stuck in limbo.


29 posted on 10/13/2021 2:05:30 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: SeekAndFind

Starting to feel the bottom line.


30 posted on 10/13/2021 4:24:33 AM PDT by Old Yeller (You can’t obey your way out of tyranny.)
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To: fireman15

Sorry to hear of your brother’s troubles. Thanks for sharing. It’s real. No wonder those SW pilots don’t want the jab.


31 posted on 10/13/2021 4:27:55 AM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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To: Mount Athos

Where the hell did you get this? 100% not correct; quit spreading BS.


32 posted on 10/13/2021 4:47:11 AM PDT by jntrees
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To: ThunderSleeps

“You can’t have it both ways - comply with the fascist vaccine mandate and not fire employees that refuse the vaccine. This guy is lying, obviously talking out of both sides of his mouth trying to placate everyone. Pick a side, the game is about to begin.”

Maybe you can: if you follow the mandate that says all employees have to be vaccinated but then allow ALL of those who cite religious accommodation to opt out, you essentially have it both ways.

BTW, I work for SWA. I’m privy to a lot of insider info...


33 posted on 10/13/2021 4:54:46 AM PDT by jntrees
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To: SeekAndFind

so far just words

we shall see


34 posted on 10/13/2021 5:07:17 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe his pissing match with Jack Posobiec actually caused a good outcome for these people.


35 posted on 10/13/2021 5:15:30 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty. )
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To: SeekAndFind
The CEO, Gary Kelly, spoke to George Stephanopoulos on ABC News on Tuesday when he said no one was going to be fired for not being vaccinated.

Unpaid leave versus being fired... Nice wordplay, Kelly.

36 posted on 10/13/2021 5:19:04 AM PDT by MortMan (You better bring yours, when you come to take mine. - Creed Fisher)
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To: Mount Athos
If a pilot is unvaxxed, he will get offered a job working the phones or on the ramp. At drastically lower pay.

Won't help them at all in meeting the federal contractor mandate. All employees are covered regardless of pay or importance.

Since some employees are definitely not going to comply, he is either going to forcefully resign them or have to give Biden the middle finger and drop the federal contracts.

I will guarantee you no one expects Greg Abbot or any other governor to more nasty and vindictive than the Biden administration.

37 posted on 10/13/2021 5:19:59 AM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: stanne

I wonder if the stockholders will have a say.


38 posted on 10/13/2021 5:45:31 AM PDT by a real Sheila (It has only been 8 months! EIGHT MONTHS!!!)
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To: stanne

Apparently he hasn’t figured out that there is no order. It was merely a press release.

My RINO governor did the same thing. What he said during the lockdowns and what his actual EO read were two different things.


39 posted on 10/13/2021 6:04:09 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
The CEO is a member of the World Economic Forum…


40 posted on 10/13/2021 6:20:38 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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