Late Wednesday night the House of Representatives voted not to reinstate airline pilots who lost their jobs for refusing to comply with the Biden administration's vaccine mandate.
Members of the House convened on Wednesday to debate and vote on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, HR 3935.
Among them was Amendment 36, requested by Illinois Rep. Mary Miller on behalf of Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which would "Require airlines to reinstate pilots who were fired or forced to resign because of vaccine mandates." The proposition failed by a vote of 294 to 141.
On the Democrats' side, all but one voted against the proposed amendment, while Republicans were more split, with 140 saying "Yea" and 83 saying "Nay." HR 3935 was introduced in June to help ease some of the pain the American aviation industry has felt since the pandemic.
The proposed legislation would also bar the FAA from "Requiring mask wearing or Covid-19 vaccines for passengers, air carrier employees, or FAA employees." During the pandemic, airlines across the country instituted vaccine mandates, and for the post part there was a high rate of compliance.
As Forbes reports, United Airlines alone terminated 232 members of its staff for that reason, many among them pilots.
United Airlines did allow unvaccinated employees who received an exemption to return to work in 2022, but not those who refused for unapproved reasons.
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