United CEO: Employer mandate is the best way to raise vaccination rates
CNN
United Airlines has achieved a high level of compliance with the strict vaccine mandate it set for its 67,000 US employees. But the airline's CEO doesn't believe expanding that requirement to passengers is a good idea.
United (UAL) CEO Scott Kirby told CNN that about 90% of the company's employees have shown proof of their vaccination to the airline. He believes most of the rest have gotten the vaccine but just haven't gotten around to the uploading their verifications. And so far, very few employees have resigned rather than get vaccinated, he added.
"In a large company, it's a handful," he said in an appearance on CNN's New Day Thursday. "The ones I'm aware of are in the single digit number of people. We're going to have more by the time it finishes, but it's going to be a very low number of people."
After recent burglaries at homes of professional athletes – including Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce – the NFL and NBA have issued security memos to teams and players warning that “organized and skilled groups” are increasingly targeting players’ residences for such crimes.