Originally Posted by
notEnuf
As long as sick leave was mentioned...
I just flew with a guy who was blowing his nose every 5 minutes and filling up each tissue with enough mucus to soak through it. He was also sucking on Halls drops the whole time and still hacking like a cat with a fur ball. Every time I touched a switch or the throttles I was sure I picking up the plague or something.
I'm asking for a latex gloves from the flight attendants the next time that happens. My new call sign "Jacko" as in Michael Jackson, one glove on the left hand. Use your **** sick leave. If that's not abusive to your fellow pilots then I don't know what is.
You are totally correct. Guys somehow wearing a "badge of honor" about "never calling in sick" are abusers just as much as the other side.
And never forget that one of SD's very first weekly messages when he was new to the job in 07 or so was highlighting a new 777 we had just picked up. And flying it from SEA-ATL were two esteemed pilots who in more than 50 years of combined service had never once called in sick. He was as consumed with the issue then as now. Nothing new here.