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NEW YORK – Air France pilots have now joined flight attendants in demanding the right to refuse to fly to destinations in the West African countries affected by Ebola.
The move threatens to further isolate three nations most ravaged by the disease – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
According to Le Monde in Paris, François Hamant, a representative of the pilot’s union in France, filed an official government complaint Wednesday. It demands a commitment from Air France management that any pilot or flight attendant not wanting to fly to the Ebola-impacted West African nations can refuse to make the flight without suffering any adverse consequences, either financial or disciplinary.
Julien Duboz, spokesman for the Syndicat des Pilotes d’Air France, the French union of airline pilots, confirmed to Le Monde that while the union is aware of some Air France pilots who have refused to fly to West Africa, the defections are “rare.”