Originally Posted by
LineUpAndPay
to be fair, what you're describing is what happens. The horror stories you hear are from guys who are beyond the 3-4/year mark. I haven't called in sick in over a year and a half and and got sick earlier this year, called in and the phone call with scheduling was 30 seconds. Got an HI6 a few days later saying my sick call had been marked as cleared by the CPO and my obligations per FM1 had been completed. No problems, no issues. The only conversation I had was the 30 seconds with scheduling. It's these guys who are calling in every other month that get issues.
With a pilot group as large as ours people are going to go through some health crap. Just because it doesn't effect you now doesn't mean you are safe later.
A few things to note.
Mental health is just as important as physical health.
If you have sick time in the bank then there's SHOULD be no need for harassment by the CPO. Ever.
Don't abuse the system there are other ways to use sick time. I.E. DTS.