Originally Posted by
Free Flyer
Well on the old CAL side we used to just "sick click" in on CCS, but that feature got taken away.
Now you have to talk to scheduling.
And just so you know, the record is 5 Christmas sick calls in a row in my old crash pad. The pilot finally got called in for a meeting, but after the Dr's note was produced, no harm no foul. And no, they weren't on probation.
Do whatever your conscience allows you too. If you want to be that guy/gal and bend the rules, then so be it. If you want to be a person of integrity, do as Special Tracking says and man up and fly the schedule awarded to you.
Just a reminder that when a pilot "takes a personal sked enhancement" on a Holiday than some other pilot will be called away from their family.
If your sick - stay home; don't pass your cold or whatever around to your fellow crewmembers but if you simply want to be home, you should know that you are causing another person to be away from their family. I'm not trying to sound like management but many years ago I sat on reserve on the DC-10 and my last day was Christmas. I planed on having our Christmas with my family on December 26th But on the 24th they started burning thru reserves and I wound up on an 8L5 to LAX for an 8 day trip - missing entirely the holidays. Just sayin