Wasn't complaining about it - did part of my graduate work in organizational/industrial psychology. Saw how a lot of policies were implemented and the resultant behavior. No different living in a cube farm - the sick policy impacts whether people show up sick or not. In most cases they are not paid so they come in. Just an observation about human behavior, economic theory, and my two cents. Statistically I still contend that pilots will show up here when not 100%, and if I had access to the data I bet I could find a strong correlation with a premium - PTO policy. This is also a function of not separating the two- sick and PTO. It's poor from a human factors standpoint but financially lucrative and that's why pilots are for it of course.

My undergrad was in behavioral psyche- so lots of time with dogs and rats. Come to think of it, that prepared me for the airlines quite
well- the behavior is remarkably similar ...