Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
You two should really be ashamed of yourselves. This guy started literally started from the ground up, had an excellent career, and has retired at the very top. Any of us here would be privileged to accomplish what he has.
Here's hoping Captain Flanigan will enjoy his well deserved retirement! Well done sir.
You'll notice I didn't say anything negative about the guy, said that I'd never met him, but noted that friends who had say he's a class act. The
only thing I was commenting on was the inappropriateness in this day and age of bragging about never calling in sick for 45 years. For what it matters, I got the impression from the article that it was DAL management that supplied that information rather than Captain Flannigan.
The man's many accomplishments far outweigh anything whatsoever having to do with sick time and his use or lack of use of it. Frankly, I don't care he did with his sick time. But we do have a lot of newer pilots reading these forums and I don't want anyone getting it into their head that never calling in sick for the rest of their career is a worthy goal. If you're sick, call in sick - period.