Travel isn't getting easier anytime soon.
In August, United Airlines became the first major U.S. airline to require that employees get vaccinated against COVID or face termination. To date, United has one of the strictest requirements of any airline. In October, Kirby confirmed that the company was currently in thea total of 232 U.S. employees who were still unvaccinated. Six of these workers were pilots for United, according to Business Insider.
More than 96 percent of United's staff is vaccinated as of Jan. 2022, Kirby confirmed to CNBC. The CEO said it's important to note that none of the airline's 3,000 COVID-positive employees who are also vaccinated are hospitalized. Prior to United's vaccine requirement, more than one airline employee had died from COVID on average per week, but the airline has now gone eight consecutive weeks without a COVID-related death among its vaccinated employees.
"In dealing with COVID, zero is the word that matters—zero deaths and zero hospitalizations for vaccinated employees. And while I know that some people still disagree with our policy, United is proving that requiring the vaccine is the right thing to do because it saves lives," Kirby said in his Jan. 11 memo.
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