[QUOTE=Sennant;2476427][QUOTE=MysteriousMrX;2476400]

Sick time is not personal accrued time. There are airliens that do PTO and lump it all in, that's not what we have. Even our contract states sick time is for sick.



Your lack of spelling and care for grammar is appalling, but then your pettiness is even worse. Sick time is time earned. If someone doesn't feel 100% to come in to work, they are not fit for duty. They can and should be able to use their sick time. I can't tell you how many times I've called in sick and then have just been stressed out afterwards that I was going to face some repercussions for it, even though I almost never did. Sick does not necessarily mean throwing up with a 103 degree fever. Pilots are tasked to determine their fitness for duty. We don't get personal time, and while there are people who abuse it, the ridiculous emails from Ian about sick calls need to stop.

Mesa has a staffing problem, but when an email is sent out about how 10 people have called out sick in a single day just from Houston, it's deferring blame on the real issue. 10 pilots is around 2% of the total base. Let's say 20 people call out in a given day, that's roughly 4% of the base. You can't honestly tell me that other airlines don't have a 4% call out rate for one reason or another.

Pilots are human, they have lives, and the fact that Mesa lacks reserve coverage and depends on a 100% attendance rate to fully function as an airline is a lack of proper management. People have limits, whether legal (FAR117) or on a personal basis. Management can scare pilots all they want, but deep down United and American have fully realized this as a staffing problem. Look at Air Wisconsin and Republic operating flights that Mesa used to operate in IAD and Houston. That's not because of pilot sick calls. I have personally called out sick because I hurt my ankle and have received a call from Ian because he thought I was abusing the call. I wasn't coughing or sneezing, but I was not fit to fly. I could barely walk and he threatened me and then accused me of providing a fake doctor's note. The union helped me put a stop to this harassment.