Originally Posted by
bigtime209
There's a lot of misinformation regarding the CPO coming after everyone for sick calls. The guys that are getting brought into the office for sick calls either have a ton of them, or have a combination of issues. The whole automatic step 1 letter for the 3rd or 4th sick call rumor is false. Yes you might get a letter after your 4th sick call, but there are gonna be other factors in play as well. I can tell you from personal experience and hearing from other guys that you can have 4 sick calls in 12 months and not hear a peep from the CPO.
It's not the CPO's that are driving the issue, it's HR by way of F+H Solutions (the union buster Jerry Glass's company) that has been retained to "manage" absences and FMLA (of which they are doing a horrific job, probably intentionally.)
The reason this is an issue is because 1) sick time is a contractually negotiated benefit and part of our compensation package (i.e. it had a dollar amount associated with it when negotiated), 2) it is both against the terms of our FAA medical and unsafe to fly while sick, and 3) the new "policy" is being applied unevenly and as far as I know STILL not codified anywhere for normal employees to read and understand.
So despite the fact that I had doctor's notes for my sick calls, zero missed assignments in 10 years until crew scheduling decided to get creative with contract language (and about which I had ALREADY discussed with the CP when they occurred) he was still being required to call me in for a step 1 advisory.
It isn't necessarily the number of calls, it's the ridiculous implementation of a punitive blanket policy that negates common sense and reason.