Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
To this point, I had been thinking that when someone claimed that our sick leave use was x% higher than our peers at other airlines, that this was directly related to how much our sick time was costing the company ($ value). If that were true (and I don't know that it is), the number of days for the occurrence would be irrelevant because it would still be costing the same since we are only paid sick leave for work missed. Missing off days doesn't increase the cost in a way I can think of.
I think you're on to it. At an LEC meeting a couple of months ago, my reps (along with the chief pilot in attendance) told us that the measurement used was the percentage of total credit hours that were paid out as sick leave.
Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
We track the calendar days missed because that is what the contract requires for one of the verification components. They have to track that to comply. I don't know if they also track it as a means of comparison.
There are at least 5 different ways to track sick leave. Number of times pilots call schedules; number of total days (working or not); block hours paid as sick; Reserve utilization; percentage of total credit paid as sick.
Regardless of how they choose to measure it, they have chosen to make a big deal about it. I think that's poor prioritization on Delta's part.