In a letter to employees posted on the United website, CEO
Kirby said about 3,000 United employees -- about 4% of its
"While we go to great lengths to avoid canceling flights, we worked to get ahead of the impact by acting early to cancel flights when necessary and notifying impacted customers in advance of them coming to the airport," Kirby wrote in the letter.
"Just as an example, in one day alone at
Kirby didn't mention specific routes or flights that will be canceled, but noted that United's vaccine mandate has kept the staffing situation from becoming even worse.
"Since our vaccine policy went into effect, the hospitalization rate among our employees has been 100 times lower than the general population in
United and other
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