US pilots, flight attendants fear coronavirus on the job
The largest US pilot union said flight crews need more protections to keep the aviation system functioning amid the coronavirus pandemic that has decimated demand for air travel. Some 600 flight crew members have tested positive for the virus, according to their unions, which add federal regulators aren’t doing enough to protect airline workers. The head of the Air Line Pilots Association wrote in a letter to transportation secretary Elaine Chao saying the FAA must mandate the voluntary cockpit-cleaning guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The FAA has the authority—and the moral responsibility—to act,” Joe DePete, the ALPA president, wrote to Chao, whose department oversees the FAA. <br/>
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US pilots, flight attendants fear coronavirus on the job
The largest US pilot union said flight crews need more protections to keep the aviation system functioning amid the coronavirus pandemic that has decimated demand for air travel. Some 600 flight crew members have tested positive for the virus, according to their unions, which add federal regulators aren’t doing enough to protect airline workers. The head of the Air Line Pilots Association wrote in a letter to transportation secretary Elaine Chao saying the FAA must mandate the voluntary cockpit-cleaning guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The FAA has the authority—and the moral responsibility—to act,” Joe DePete, the ALPA president, wrote to Chao, whose department oversees the FAA. <br/>
