Originally Posted by
BMEP100
Let's call bogus sick leave calls what they are. A lie. Equivocate as you like, "it's a negotiated benefit", I was screwed outta my pension... whatever.
If you are okay with that, don't cry foul when you become the victim of a lie by a company mangt. type, the FAA or your 12 year old daughter- since you taught her by example.
Thankfully, there are thousands of pilots who are honest and carry 100s of thousands of passengers to their families over the holidays.
There are plenty of paper pushing jobs with holidays off, that don't require a lie to get Christmas off.
If you think lying about your health to take a day off your contract doesn't provide for you, at least have the honor to the profession not to justify it on a public forum.
Oh wait, what did I just ask of a liar? To be honorable? Oops.
Maybe a little harsher than my reply, but I couldn't agree more. It's not cool. Why is it hard for folks just to say it's not cool. The evidence says there is a problem. Let's call a spade a spade. There's no need to make it personal. We just need to say "calling in sick on Christmas if you don't really need to is not cool."
To the other point, I also couldn't agree more!! Pay more and the problem will go away.