Originally Posted by
tennisguru
Speaking of sick rules, AA has a sick if-needed provision for reserves that would be a nice benefit to add. Basically if you call in sick for a stretch of reserve days they only dock you a sick day if they actually would have called your number that day.
The company stated their motivation to tighten down sick leave was excessive risk. If they have better visibility into developing pinch points because pilots are more willing to throw down with a sick status while on reserve (should we get sick-if-needed), it seems like everyone wins!