I had the unfortunate pleasure of being a witness during a proceeding for the firing of a pilot. For those who have not had to go through this hell, in any form, be rest assured it is nothing short of a full-blown Court type process.
These guys were extreme gross violators of our contract. As others have pointed out one guy sat 77 Short calls in three years in DTW, he only commuted in for seven of them, the other 70 he was in Minnesota.
Anyone defending this type of behavior is either 1. One of the people that got fired or 2. a violator themselves who's now afraid their *** is going to get back checked for not showing up to work. Making someone else do the trip you were supposed to.