^^Excellent post, Red Letter, I agree wholeheartedly. Those who are quaking in their shoes about their "report card" need to put on their big boy pants and do the right thing. If you're sick or fatigued, call in sick or fatigued. Worst thing that happens is that you'll have to get a letter from your doctor. Big deal. FedEx does not harass us like some of the other airlines do, at least not anymore. Nobody wants to fly with you when you're sick, and you prolong the misery of being ill or exhausted when you keep flying. I remember during my Capt upgrade way back when, the Vice President of Flight Ops said the #1 priority, is don't crash airplanes. Please don't crash airplanes. And after that, it's to get the freight there on time. Not flying sick or fatigued is part of not crashing airplanes.

Honestly, I haven't been given a hard time about any decision I have made in over 20 years, that I can think of. Then again, I've never missed a trip or shown up late, always scheduled deadheads with plenty of backups, nothing dicey. It's less stressful to work that way (though sometimes unexpected things happen), but for the most part, I think if you play it straight, you won't be spending much time worrying about your "report card".