Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 which had 132 other people on it’s flight from Cleveland to Dallas besides Amber Vinson has put that crew on paid leave for 21 days. Also, the plane that contained Vinson and the other passenger was flown from Dallas to Denver for additional decontamination procedures. The paid leave of 21 days wasn’t even a suggestion or made from the incompetent CDC. Frontier Airlines made this move on their own behalf out of an abundance of caution.
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| Frontier Flight 1143 crew put on paid leave for 21 days |
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Here is a part of the letter Frontier Airlines CEO David Siegel sent to airline employees:
“At 1:55 p.m. MDT (Wednesday) Frontier was notified by the CDC that the passenger may have been symptomatic earlier than initially suspected; including the possibility of possessing symptoms while onboard the flight.
“In light of the new information, Frontier determines that the aircraft will remain out of service and ferries it back to Denver from Cleveland without customers. The flight departs at 6:20 p.m. EDT and arrives in Denver at 7:20 p.m. MDT. In an abundance of caution, it is determined that the aircraft will receive a fourth cleaning since the infected customer was onboard. Though not required, this cleaning will consist of the removal of seat covers and carpets in the immediate vicinity of the passenger seat. The airline will also change the environmental filters onboard.
“NOTE: These extraordinary actions went beyond CDC recommendations. These steps were taken out of concern for the safety of our customers and employees. Steps such as removing the aircraft from service, removing aircraft seat covers and carpet and repla
cing environmental filters as well as placing the crew on paid leave were not requested nor mandated by the CDC. Frontier expects that the aircraft will return to service in a few days.”