Union leader says US domestic testing requirements could bankrupt airlines
A top aviation union leader warned on Thursday that mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers boarding US domestic flights could devastate the airline industry and potentially lead to bankruptcies among airlines. Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA representing workers at 17 airlines, asked at a US House of Representatives committee hearing why airlines and not other transit modes were being singled out. “Isolating the airline industry and not doing the same thing for mass transit or doing this at grocery stores or restaurants doesn’t make any sense,” she told the transportation and infrastructure committee. US government-required testing before domestic flights could lead to “airline bankruptcies. That is how devastating it could be,” she said.<br/>
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Union leader says US domestic testing requirements could bankrupt airlines
A top aviation union leader warned on Thursday that mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers boarding US domestic flights could devastate the airline industry and potentially lead to bankruptcies among airlines. Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA representing workers at 17 airlines, asked at a US House of Representatives committee hearing why airlines and not other transit modes were being singled out. “Isolating the airline industry and not doing the same thing for mass transit or doing this at grocery stores or restaurants doesn’t make any sense,” she told the transportation and infrastructure committee. US government-required testing before domestic flights could lead to “airline bankruptcies. That is how devastating it could be,” she said.<br/>
