Air France pilots want opt out on flying to Ebola-hit countries

PilotsPilots with Air France are demanding the right to refuse to fly to west African countries hit by the deadly Ebola virus. Earlier cabin crew demanded the same right, reports RFI.

Unions have filed a claim of “serious and imminent danger” for employees flying to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria with the company’s health and safety committee and say that management has promised that no action will be taken against any employee not wishing to man flights to the Ebola-hit countries.

Air France said that “very few” pilots have refused to fly to the affected places and stressed that no passenger or employee has yet been found to have been infected by Ebola.

Read more of this report from RFI.