Monday, 12 July 2021, 3:17 pm
The New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association (NZALPA)
says today’s announcement that all border workers, not
just those who work for the government, must receive the
Covid-19 vaccine will likely make little difference without
also accelerating vaccinations for all New
Zealanders.
NZALPA President and international pilot
Captain Andrew Ridling said that the government needed to
simultaneously speed up the vaccination of all New
Zealanders, not just those working on the
frontline.
“Mandatory vaccination of all border
staff is not a ‘silver bullet’. As the International
Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) has
stated in its 21 April Safety Bulletin, vaccinations should