Originally Posted by
jdborg
For those of you who say "I only call in sick if I'm sick so it won't affect me". I'm very happy for you (and a little jealous) that you are sick so infrequently. By stating it that way you imply that anyone who goes over must be abusing sick leave. I use almost 100 hours every year. I've gone as high as 130 hours and as little as 60. I get a sinus infection almost every spring and fall during allergy season and I have a bad back that goes out 2-3 times a year. I really don't care if they want to see my medical history about these issues (they go back over 25 years). My problem is, if I can't self verify on these issues then any cold, stomach issues, or any other sick that I would not need to verify for will now need verification. Thanks DALPA.
This is a fact. Some folks simply get sick more often than others. There are a variety of reasons including age, immune systems of varying strength, small children in the house, juniority with schedules that tax the body more and so on. Trying to coral all the pilots into one size fits all and hanging a hammer over them, is ridiculous.
Also, guys that say it doesn't effect them, it's amazing how quickly things change when something devastating disrupts their otherwise good health.