A federal appeals court is declining to step into a fight between United Airlines and it's pilots and flight attendants who don't want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
While most of United's employees are vaccinated, there are groups that want religious exemptions. United has made accomodations for mechanics and baggage handlers, the only exemption United is giving the flight attendants and pilots is that they can keep their job, but they stay home without pay.
There are complaints against the company filed by those employees with the Equal Opportunity Employment commission and the courts are refusing to block the enforcement until the EEOC rules on the matter.
Bob Wiegand represents the pilots and flight attendants says they are out of work without pay. "They haven't been fired - but they can't go to work" said Wiegand.
The group is hoping to get the same exemption as the others, that if they don't want to be vaccinated they at least have the ability to work while wearing an N-95 mask and getting COVID-19 testing twice a week.
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