Originally Posted by
The Baron
A clever commercial decision by Qantas management. Now there is a clear difference between the competitors. You can buy a ticket and know the staff you come into contact on your journey are vaccinated. The alternative is get on the other ones and play covid roulette. Still, the risk is there with both but, one is substantially higher. Great marketing and lots of free advertising from the media.
I don't think vaccine mandates in airlines will be particularly unique. Already QQ, CX, SQ and AA has announced a mandate for all customer facing staff. VA is rumoured to be announcing a similar policy before the end of the month. No western airline manager is going to risk a situation where it gets sued by a passenger who catches Covid-19 on one of their services and they can't prove they have taken all reasonable steps to mitigate the risk and a vaccine mandate is a reasonable mitigation.