Originally Posted by
rustypigeon
I am wondering how many of you work for airlines with policies that punish those who call in fatigued/sick. Some airlines, if you miss work for any reason; sick, fatigue, accident, car won't start, etc. you get an "occurence" after a so many occurences you get suspended, then after, I believe it is the 7th occurence in a year you are "subject to probable termination" This only applies to the pilots of course, management can stay home when they are sick. Hardly a week goes by that I am not flying with someone nodding off, or coughing and sneezing all over the place. Everyone wants to save a few extra occurances for those times that they are "really, really sick". This policy is all in the FAA approved FOM. The FAA knows if anything ever happens, they will just blame it on pilot error.
I can call in without any fear of recourse from SKW. In my almost 2 years with SKW I've called in sick 9 times, all were honest except for 2. When you're company's not granting vacations then you just have to take it anyway. BTW, not once has Crew Support been unhelpful and every time they've wished me well. Also I've never received a letter or phone call from anyone in Mgmnt and my records clean. Keep a low profile (don't pi$$ anyone off) and you'll be fine at SKW, BUT beware if you don't. They will make an example out of you.