Originally Posted by
Broncos
Here's a question from a Newbie to change the topic. (I'll be starting indoc soon). If I get sick before I start a trip from my domicile, no big deal, as the company can just call a reserve pilot to cover for me. But what if I'm on Day 2 or 3 of a 4 day trip, and I wake up in say Tulsa, or Jackson, MS, and I realize I'm too sick to fly. How does the company get a pilot out to where you are to cover the flight for you?
Originally Posted by
flyallnite
That would be, as they say, their problem. If you can't safely fly, don't try. Delta has chartered G5s to protect flights. But TUL would most likely cancel. The more heads up you can give about being sick, the better for everyone. And you'll be deadhead back to base, or more likely wherever you want to go. Let the Capt know you banged out too, so he has a fighting chance at getting things arranged.
^^^ That.
To further answer your question Bronco you call crew tracking. There is someone that will handle it. I've done it twice and if I'm not mistaken there is even a prompt for mid rotation sick calls. Maybe I'm wrong.
I've had it twice, both for bad food at airports. One was Buffalo, actually the overnight hotel, and the other was at the GRR airport. I mean I went to the overnight hoping things would get better because most of the time it does. In these cases it didn't. In both cases I had 5 leg days the next day and I said I can get the plane back no problem because I am perfectly fine for an hour or two, but I can't go all day like this tomorrow.
I mean it happens. You might feel perfectly fine and then have a ear get blocked up on landing and not be able to clear it. You're in no shape to fly. You might not even be able to deadhead home. I've seen stuff like that and I've even heard the company let a guy stay in a hotel for two days to let him recover to the point he could deadhead.