Delta Tells Sick Flight Attendants: "Do Not Post" on Social Media or Notify Fellow Crew

[babylonsister]

6 hours ago
Delta Tells Sick Flight Attendants: “Do Not Post” on Social Media or Notify Fellow Crew
Terrified of coronavirus, flight crews balked at the instructions as an infringement on employees’ freedom of speech.
Alexander C. Kaufman
This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership.


Delta Air Lines has directed flight attendants who test positive for the coronavirus to “refrain from notifying” fellow crew members or posting about their health on social media, according to an email HuffPost reviewed.

The email, sent Thursday afternoon to more than 25,000 flight attendants, stated that Delta management will “follow an established process” to alert co-workers who recently came in contact with flight attendants who “are symptomatic or diagnosed with COVID-19,” the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.

“Please refrain from notifying other crew members on your own,” read the email, which was sent at 2:20 p.m. Eastern time. “Once you have completed the reporting procedures listed above, leaders will follow the established process to notify any impacted flight attendants.”

The email provides phone numbers for hotlines to report diagnoses and inform management of plans to take an absence, and urges employees to “please ensure you complete these actions as soon as symptoms occur.”

But the instructions also warn against sharing any information on social media or the company’s intranet: “Please do not post on social media (including SkyHub) about your health status.”

“Employees have freedom of speech about their health,” one flight attendant, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being fired, told HuffPost in a text message Thursday night. “No employer can take that away. We have a responsibility to take care of ourselves, our coworkers and everyone we come in contact with.”

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https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/delta-tells-sick-flight-attendants-do-not-post-on-social-media-or-notify-fellow-crew/

[malaise]

1. Fuck that

that is all

[dhill926]

3. fuck this shit....

and I'm a long time Delta flier. Always thought they were more progressive than most. Evidently not...

[kimbutgar]

4. My sister in law works for Delta

We asked her about this and she had not heard it.

[2naSalit]

5. Fuck that, do it anyway.

It would be remiss in your responsibility as a citizen. This is a fucking crisis, Delta can go fuck themselves.

[customerserviceguy]

6. What do they think they're running, China? n/t