I'm flying American Airlines on Friday...no word on any cancelations or time adjustments "so far". Also, as far as personal freedom to not get vaccinated, when I get on the plane I'm going to demand that I fly it. If someone says, well, you're not licensed, I'm going to reply that I don't need to be. They're going to be infringing on my rights as an American to deny me access to fly that plane.
That's the logic being used here. I don't understand it. The pilot's right; you have a freedom not to get vaccinated, but SW also has a freedom not to employ vaccinated pilots. The choice is two-fold here, and the company has the right to enforce their choice. No harm there. What is the crime in that? We want to live in a country with a small government where people can make money? Well this is a prime example of a company doing what they want to do and enforcing it.
I'm glad the pilot lost his job.....but then again this has nothing to do with why SouthWest had so many cancelations Monday. There was no 'mandated vaccination" walk out for this nor any other airline. SW's problems have nothing to do with vaccinations and everything to do with poor scheduling processes. And no, I'm not getting my information from the mainstream media...I'm getting it from my son who's a pilot at Southwest and my daughter in law who's a scheduler. Both are vaccinated, BTW, and both are still very much employed by the airline.