My doctor is an outside party. No doctor or other party has the authority to tell a pilot that he/she is well enough to fly. The FAR's place the final authority on the airman. Period.

That will not change regardless of what is written in our PWA. The pay out or limits on sick hour accrual can be changed by us, but not the authority to determine if we are sick.

The pilots that have been terminated for abusing sick leave over the past several months weren't sent to doctors. Their activities while on sick leave nailed them.