I don't question the importance of the Section 14 of our contract and the changes that the TA proposes. That's why I was asking the questions. UGBSM was gracious enough to give me his view of a potential scenario. I replied with my interpretation of that.

ghilis101
I may not have been clear. I have been sick, I just have not had enough occurrences to trigger or would have triggered a verification. I too hope we are all fortunate enough to not have to do it.

BobZ
I have always believed that if I had some reason not to fly then the company would back me up. If that didn't happen with you, then that is a problem. If things happen as you said, then I would definitely be working that up the chain.

BobZ you said:
"Its only fools like yourself who cloud the issue by advocating a personal standard of 'sick' that has nothing to do with the clear and unambiguous legal obligation of self certifying fitness for duty."

What have I clouded and what are my personal standards that you disagree with? All I said was that I thought the company's position about calling in sick for non illness reasons was not what sick leave was intended for. This is not my personal interpretation. Being sick and being able to sign a dispatch release are two different criteria. I never said they were the same.