Don't be so sure. It depends who he works for.

I had a tooth abscess on an overnight in Binghamton, NY, when I was with CommutAir a few years ago. The side of my jaw swelled up to the size of a tennis ball, and I obviously couldn't fly that next day. They just left me there. No positive space, no night in the hotel if I needed it, no nothing. Just, "OK, you're off the rest of the trip."

I had to jumpseat home, a 3-leg trip through PHL and BOS, in severe pain, looking like my face got pounded by a hockey stick. It wasn't a pretty sight.