Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Also, under DAL's current FMLA policy dated in 2003, a birth of a child is not an unexpected event, and therefore you cannot request FMLA on short notice unless there are some severe complications with the delivery etc. Ran in to this a while back, and even though the new guidance diverges from this, expect to have to adhere to DAL's policy if you are requesting FMLA for the birth of a child.
They will let you go negative 20 in your bank though.
I've been working with the CPO's for the projected birth of our son, & FMLA seems like a waste of time. No pay on FMLA stinks. I shifted my vacation to the birth month, restocked my bank as best as I could by bidding max credit, & will attempt to bid the days off. I was told the time off will not be an issue so long as I attempt every option available via the PWA.