Originally Posted by
Gunfighter
The current policy has provisions for optional verification during the first 100 hours, so you can keep the 100 unverified rolling along. You can verify on your own for the first 80 hours and have 100 unverified left to use. This TA has no provision for optional verification to protect the unverified sick leave. I would rather submit a note from my Doctor for the Bronchitis or the sprained ankle AT MY OPTION and keep the unverified for the more embarrassing illnesses. If that embarrassing personal matter shows up on day 15 under this contract, they look at EVERYTHING.
I agree. There are many times when I have a simple head cold and I don't need to spend half a day in a waiting room and write a check to the Dr. to tell me I can't fly. I don't verify those.
But, there are other illnesses and injuries where I do need to see a Dr., like when I stepped on glass at the beach and needed 5 stitches in my foot and couldn't put my work shoe on that foot for two weeks, where I did verify, even though I was well below 100hrs.
Under the new plan, you can't verify anything, unless they demand it, until you run over 14 work days (which at 5:15/dy is only 73:30, not today's 100hrs.) and then you will need to verify EVERY sickness. And the T/A has the lookback, which is another concession.
This T/A is so full of concessions you would think we were going bankrupt again!