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‘Huge safety issue’: Hong Kong pilots’ warning over COVID rules
Aircrew speaking on condition of anonymity warn aviation hub’s harsh quarantine policies are damaging mental health.
By John Power
Published On 7 Jan 20227 Jan 2022
Hong Kong’s “zero COVID” policies are making working conditions so unbearable for aircrew that they pose a potential safety risk, pilots who have worked in the aviation hub have warned.
In interviews with Al Jazeera, four current and former pilots in Hong Kong – all of whom requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue – said harsh quarantine rules raised safety concerns due to their effect on the mental health and wellbeing of aircrew.
A fifth pilot said that while he did not believe the situation had “reached that point yet,” the current policies were “pushing the envelope of the known”...
‘Huge safety issue’: Hong Kong pilots’ warning over COVID rules
Aircrew speaking on condition of anonymity warn aviation hub’s harsh quarantine policies are damaging mental health.
By John Power
Published On 7 Jan 20227 Jan 2022
Hong Kong’s “zero COVID” policies are making working conditions so unbearable for aircrew that they pose a potential safety risk, pilots who have worked in the aviation hub have warned.
In interviews with Al Jazeera, four current and former pilots in Hong Kong – all of whom requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue – said harsh quarantine rules raised safety concerns due to their effect on the mental health and wellbeing of aircrew.
A fifth pilot said that while he did not believe the situation had “reached that point yet,” the current policies were “pushing the envelope of the known”...
