The largest Russian airline Aeroflot has suspended six pilots from work due to their refusal to get a vaccine. They were all sent on unpaid vacation, the RBC news agency reports, citing the airline representative Mikhail Demin.
Aeroflot employs 2,300 pilots in total.
The suspension was announced on Monday by the Sheremetyevo trade union of flight personnel. After persistent negotiation with the personnel, the company was able to convince 84% of them to get vaccinated.
At the same time, those employees who rejected to do so were suspended from flying and were sent on unpaid vacation even though the Russian...