The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday agreed to reduce the number of days for home isolation for aircrew who have received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine following adjustments in the disease prevention policy for local residents.
The new home-isolation policy for cabin crew was announced after Pilots Union Taoyuan on Tuesday threatened to stage a sit-in protest at the center if it refuses to shorten the home-isolation period for pilots and flight attendants to three days, as it has for local residents who are listed as close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
At present, cabin crew are required to isolate
Airlines and cabin crew were fined a total of NT$10.34 million (US$367,775) in the past two years for contravening COVID-19 disease prevention rules set by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) data showed.
The CAA recorded 49 breaches of COVID-19 rules by pilots and flight attendants of Taiwanese airlines from March 2020 to Wednesday last week, 23 of which were recorded among China Airlines crew, 24 from EVA Airways and two from Starlux Airlines.
Fines totaling NT$4.74 million were administered for those 49 incidents, the CAA said.
China Airlines and EVA as business entities were found to have contravened