Weasleorlando: "I am not saying that you should not have the time off. I was suggesting that you are not entitled to sick leave to cover that time off. Where is it acceptable to call in sick because you are upset about a marital problem? "

UGBSM: When? When it affects your health. Your emotional and mental health. You cannot, and the company should not, ignore this.

Weasleorlando : "I have no personal experience that says the company is not trusting our good judgement like they have in the past. If others have, I hope they share that with us here so I learn from that and evolve my opinions. "

UGBSM: The draconian changes to our sick leave the company seeks is ample evidence they no longer trust the good judgement of its pilots.

Weasleorlando: "This is the way it has been here at Delta from the time I was hired. I guess the company(not me) feels that the goodwill that existed was being taken advantage of. What have been your personal examples that this has changed?"

UGBSM: Yes, apparently there are some who do not exercise good judgement and abuse the company's goodwill regarding unverified sick time usage. Obviously those few are driving the changes for the rest of us. But this TA is NOT the way to go about addressing that.

So how do you address it? By using a carrot instead of a stick. By going to a sick bank or PPT system like EVERYONE ELSE out there (including our own FAs) have. Sad that it has come to this, perhaps, but I think this is the way to go rather than the convoluted, complicated, risky, ambiguous, unfair system put before us in this TA.