Originally Posted by Elliot

This is what I don't understand? Not trying to be obtuse. Never been the "sharpest tool in the drawer" but honestly, don't understand or can't comprehend how obtaining a verification from the clinic/doctor/hospital is somehow an egregious assault on our right's as a professional pilot?

I've heard the over-used "we fly thousands of people in multi-million dollar machines and SHOULDN'T HAVE TO .. blah, blah, blah..

How does any of the above make it such a grievous request by the Company? Maybe because people feel it offends their principle based actions of calling in sick, only when they're sick? Too bad everyone is offended by everyone else's offensiveness these days.