Originally Posted by
Dirtdiver
The company expects a doctor to accept our word that we were sick 2 weeks ago, while they don't.
Well, the doctor is in the "sick" business, while the company isn't.
I don't think any of us see this as anything other than an attempt to create a hassle for us.
The company wanted tougher language to help them manage an issue they don't seem to have the stones to fix themselves. Kudos to our negotiators, even as we gripe about the language we ended up with.
Originally Posted by
Dirtdiver
The note and expense of the doctor visit is just there to push us to fly if we're marginally sick.
Or for those who aren't really sick to think twice before "dialing a vacation"?
On a sort of related note, I found a new segment of the pilot group who are a little more vulnerable: Instructors. I went through CQ not long ago, and my sim partner had full-on, runny-eyes, hacking cough, sneezing, "don't touch me, I fell terrible!", crud. His logic was that he was too sick to fly passengers, but not to sick to give the flu to our instructor. I marinaded my right hand in
Purell, and wiped everything down frequently. The poor IP, though.