26 March 2020: Piper Aircraft has come up with a public statement in COVID-19 wake keeping in view the health and safety of the employees, families, customers and partners.
Here's the statement:
- Monitoring the COVID-19 situation very closely and following recommendations from Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO.
- Relying on their scientifically grounded expertise - in combination with other reliable sources - to help guide our own decisions about minimizing the exposure to COVID-19 among our staff and partners.
- Taking additional environmental cleaning precautions in our offices and at events.
- Asking Piper employees to stay home if they are feeling unwell and/or have a fever, cough, and/or shortness of breath.
- Limiting nonessential business travel within the U.S. and Canada. Any such travel must be approved by an Executive team member.
- Requiring that Piper employees who have recently travelled abroad to any of the areas currently listed by the CDC as level 2 or level 3 areas to self-quarantine for 14 days, contact a medical professional, and follow the medical professional's instructions.
- Suspending all business travel outside the U.S. and Canada unless approved by the President / CEO.
- Suspending all public tours until further notice.
As a global aircraft manufacturer, we will abide by locally imposed policies while continuing to seamlessly support our customers' and our dealer partners' business operations.