Originally Posted by
scambo1
When I get called by scheduling to cover a trip, it's happened twice in the last month, the scheduler has alluded to the other pilot as not really being sick. So, my opinion is there is a bias, within scheduling, to assume sick calls are bogus. I think a bias like that is how bad metrics get generated and therefore why decisions on how to respond to/handle the problem are faulty from the start.
Certainly we have some bad schedulers. We also have some very good ones. Some have a bias and some don't. If you are ever in training and have some spare time go over to scheduling and ask to be shown around. If it's a bad weather day you might find it a eye opening experience. Listen to how some pilots treat the schedulers. The road runs both ways.