Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 112; Flight Crew Total 14485; Flight Crew Type 14485
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Day 5; while enroute to the ZZZ layover hotel I received a message from a Captain I had dinner with on Day 0. I'll put this message in context by mentioning my First Officer and I met this Captain and his First Officer for dinner that evening.The message stated on Day 2; this particular Captain was notified by the company that the First Officer he flew with had tested positive for COVID. The First Officer had sent a message to this Captain confirming such. The ZZZ1 Chief Pilot was subsequently notified and a request was made for that office to contact my crew of this matter (I never received any communication about this event). This Captain was tested on Day 2; became symptomatic on Day 3 and obtained a positive test result on Day 5 prompting the message.Upon reviewing the message; I contacted my First Officer and the company On-duty Manager to notify each of the situation. Per company and CDC COVID protocol both the First Officer and I have been quarantined for a 14-day period commencing Day 0. As I compose this report; I am quarantined at the hotel; unable to travel home.The intent of this report is to question why didn't the company notify my crew of the COVID encounter? Apparently protocol wasn't followed or if it was; it should be modified to address this particular or similar scenarios. Flight crews should not be placed in a situation where they must quarantine away from home while on company business; especially if the company was previously notified to contact a crew which was exposed to a COVID positive employee. Had I not been received said message I would still be flying the line with the potential to infect others with this virus.
Air carrier First Officer reported the crew was not notified by the company of exposure to a COVID-19 positive employee.