Delta Air Lines to charge unvaccinated staff
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said unvaccinated employees who participate in the airline's health care plan will incur an additional $200 monthly fee beginning in November. CBSN's Lana Zak has more.
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Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said unvaccinated employees who participate in the airline's health care plan will incur an additional $200 monthly fee beginning in November. CBSN's Lana Zak has more.
The average hospital stay for employees with COVID-19 costs the airline $50,000 per person, CEO Ed Bastian said.
A Delta Air Lines flight from California to Georgia was diverted to Oklahoma on Friday night after a passenger became unruly and had to be subdued. Delta confirmed that the passenger was an off-duty flight attendant. Read more here.
The carrier says the passenger was "unruly." "CBS This Morning: Saturday" co-host Dana Jacobson says the pilot said the passenger became a threat.
Delta's new statement called the legislation "unacceptable" with CEO Ed Bastian writing to employees that "the entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie."
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss Georgia's new election law and his company's selling of airplane middle seats for the first time in a year.
Delta Air Lines CEO said Georgia's law was based on a lie of "widespread voter fraud" and "this is simply not true."
CEO Ed Bastian tells employees the safety mandate "remains a top priority for reducing the spread of the virus."
Major airlines are trying to entice more people into flying as they press lawmakers for more financial aid.
Major airlines have for months required masks on board their flights, but struggled to enforce this rule.
CEO Ed Bastian predicts it will take years for the airline to rebound, with passenger counts down more than 90%.
More than two dozen elementary school kids near Los Angeles International Airport were being evaluated Tuesday after an aircraft dumped fuel on its final approach to the airport after declaring an emergency. CBSN Los Angeles reports.
"Safety is not just for people on the plane," says attorney behind new lawsuit against the airline.
Smart hopes Smart Defense will train women to fight back and empower them to tap into their own strength.
She urged passengers on the LA-bound flight to call the people they haven't spoken to in a while.
At a news conference, the teachers described the fuel as drizzling down like raindrops with "overwhelming" fumes.
"It didn't seem realistic to go after a career in aviation, but today I realized, 'Hey, I can do this too,'" one 17-year-old student said
Delta offers these programs at its Atlanta and Minneapolis hubs; Alaska, American and JetBlue have similar programs around the country
Flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale was diverted to Tampa, where it landed safely
"Flight attendants have admitted this is chaos and they know nothing," one passenger tweeted
The 37-year-old pilot, Gabriel Lyle Schroeder, took a breathalyzer test and was booked and released
The man says Delta violated its own animal policy and that the "animal was so large it encroached into the aisle seat and window seat"
Carrier's seats will recline only 2 inches on some routes to protect laptops and improve video viewing
The long-running study rates on-time arrivals, lost baggage, bumping passengers and consumer complaints for 2018
The fines totaled $1.75 million for a combined 24 flights that exceeded federal rules for waiting before takeoff