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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Delta Airlines Will Treat Covid-19 as Seasonal Virus – Drops $200 Surcharge for Unvaccinated Employees

Delta Air Lines will end its $200 per month healthcare surcharge imposed on employees not vaccinated against COVID-19, CEO Ed Bastian said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 
With nearly all Delta employees now vaccinated, the healthcare surcharge — intended to nudge reluctant employees towards getting their shots and cover increased medical expense risk — will discontinue at the end of this month, Bastian said late Tuesday. 
It marks a shift in how the Atlanta-based airline is approaching an evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Delta took a lead role early in the pandemic instituting mask requirements, middle seat blocks and testing, then vaccinations. 
The airline reopened its middle seats nearly a year ago. Now, the company is pushing the federal government to end the mask mandate for air travel and end pre-departure testing requirements for international travelers. 
Delta last August said it would charge employees who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19 an extra $200 a month starting in November 2021 as part of health care plans and require unvaccinated employees to be tested weekly while case counts were high.

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