Originally Posted by
TonyC
Some of lesser humans get sick or injured or experience other situations which leave us unfit to fly at times much closer to report time.
What I meant to say was, "Some of US lesser humans ..." Proof that I'm one of the lesser ones.
I also meant to talk about this:
Originally Posted by
kronan
Our own contract has a long, long history of allowing the company to request information as to why we called in sick under certain circumstances.
No, it's not a long history of requesting "information." Having a physician vouch that you were sick was as far as it goes. And that's as far as it should ever go. If The Company does believe you, they can remove you from trips with pay and have you pay their Aeromedical Advisor a visit.
What our CBA has a history of is The Company requiring "a pilot to provide the System Chief Pilot’s designee with a written statement from the pilot’s physician explaining his inability to perform his assigned duties because of illness or injury
IF the Company has a good faith, and objective reason to question a pilot’s use or attempted use of sick leave;" There's nothing in there about a secret point system. There's nothing in there about submitting your case to The Company's Aeromedical advisor. There's nothing in there about pleading your case to the SCP's designee if you don't have a note. And there's nothing in there describing what the physician has to say, or what verbiage will not be acceptable.
PFC notices do not constitute binding CBA language.
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