I completely disagree.

AMS was brought about because a very few guys felt like they should have nearly every holiday off in addition to calling in sick several other times times per year. The chronic offenders.

I'm talking about a handful of guys who should have been dealt with as individuals. Instead, we get the knee jerk broad brush so prevalent at every airline that I've ever been associated with. Most of the retirees I speak with are leaving with idiotic amounts of sick leave.

99 percent of the guys are not the problem. If a guy calls in sick ONCE a year because he has to make a family event, is he the reason we have AMS? I think not.