Originally Posted by
Barca
The data showed there is a problem and the parties crafted a solution -- tightened verification. So you maintain that guys are flying sick all year and then, in May of EACH year, their immune systems give out, hence the spike? Come on......
Yes, but it was a very poor solution wisely rejected overwhelmingly by the Pilots.
If the company was only concerned with "abuse" but not also trying to dissuade Pilots from calling in sick at all, then why totally eliminate voluntary verification?
Example:
I get pneumonia and miss 12 days. I see a Dr twice times for this illness but can not verify it.
6 months later I catch a cold and miss 4 days. I do not see a Dr. for this.
Under this brilliant sick leave policy I now have to see a Dr. for a cold which I have never ever done. What a PITA!
The sick leave policy along with a few other gems in the TA were a total fail. You absolutely have the right to 100% disagree with me, but the vast majority of Delta Pilots do not see it your way.
Scoop