Originally Posted by
LarryDavid
Their asking you about sick calls is questionable at best. Sure they make you sign a waiver but legally it is questionable. The majority of pilots are professional and honest when it comes to that. Sometimes you just get sick a lot in one year. Unfortunately there are a few Dbags out there who abuse the system and ruin it for everyone else ( i.e waiting until the moment an occurance comes off the record than immediately calling in sick again). These are the same dbags that never have any available sick time when they are really sick so they get everyone else sick because they are selfish pricks. IMO they shouldn't be allowed to ask about it at all.
Technically, they are asking you how many times you called in sick and not how often do you get sick. Semantics, I know, but I think it's fair enough of a question.
Only advice I have here is to be 100% honest because they will look into it and it'll be in your records. Heard a story when I went through about a newhire being pulled from sim training and sent home because he mislead the interviewers in believing he had much less sick calls then actual. ( 2-3 as opposed to over 15-18 )
I don't think the sick calls are as big an issue as everyone makes out to be. I'm guessing once your calling out more than 10 random times throughout the year you may have to explain yourself a little, but being honest goes a long way.