Originally Posted by
iaflyer
I'd talk to the fleet manager. The ones that I've met are reasonable people - your daughter only graduates college once or twice. (maybe 3) Explain that you talked to the OE scheduler, etc. I'm sure all the fleets have plenty of people going for OE, shouldn't be a problem to move the next guy up. Otherwise.. cough, cough.
Unless you're a new hire..definitely don't fake a cough if you're on probation, especially since they know you need the time off.