{"id":103852,"date":"2020-12-07T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=103852"},"modified":"2020-12-07T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T22:00:11","slug":"iata-and-pilots-ask-to-exempt-crews-covid-19-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/12\/iata-and-pilots-ask-to-exempt-crews-covid-19-tests.html","title":{"rendered":"IATA and pilots ask to exempt crews Covid-19 tests."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots\u2019 Associations (IFALPA) jointly called on governments to follow the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) guidelines to exempt crews from COVID-19 testing that is applied to air travelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>EU does not find consensus for rapid coronavirus testing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CART guidelines specifically recommend that crew members should not be subject to screening or restrictions applicable to other travelers. Furthermore, according to CART. health screening methods for crew members should be as \u201cnon-invasive as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>A New York airport tests a blockchain-based coronavirus cleaning application.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this guidance, an increasing number of States are applying the same public health measures for crew that are applied to the general traveling public. Such measures include providing proof of a negative COVID test prior to departure and in some cases a second negative COVID test is required upon arrival. Furthermore, several civil aviation regulators only allow crew members with a negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate to layover in their respective countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese measures not only contravene the recommended ICAO global guidance, they fail to take into account the fact that interactions with the local population are minimized,\u201d said Gilberto Lopez Meyer, IATA\u2019s Senior Vice President, Safety and Flight Operations. For example, crew on layover are often restricted to the hotel. Such measures also ignore the fact that airlines already comply with the requirements of their home country health protection and monitoring programs to manage crew health, which typically includes measures to reduce the risk of infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the intrusion and physical discomfort of daily COVID-19 testing, there are significant cost considerations. One global airline has estimated the cost of complying with such requirements for a single daily flight would add up to an additional US $950,000 per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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