Convienent story... sure, I can buy that. And I can definitely see how the thread is perceived as a way to sway people.

What wasn't convienent was waking up Monday morning feeling like crap after flying 48 hours earlier with someone obviously sick, and then getting the very same symptoms he had. Could it have been picked up from the popcorn scooper in the AOC Saturday morning? Absolutely! The point of the thread was I did not appreciate my captain telling me that he was flying "under the weather" because of an expectation of a benefit he would get signed TA.