Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob

I'm not sure about that. I was on a trip when my wife ended up in ICU. I was in GRU at the time and was immediately called as soon as the company found out. (Incidentally, it was a DCI pilot my MIL knew who called the Delta duty pilot to let the company know.) They notified the outbound crew to wait for me, got me on the first flight to ATL, and booked me PS on a DCI flight to go home. I was met in ATL by some fellow DL pilot friends who accompanied me home and the CP office was very accommodating with regards to my schedule. I can't say enough about all the people who helped, the crew home, the station people in GRU who got a phone for me to call the US, and the CP office. It was also the same when my father passed away a few years ago.