Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
Sick Leave Make Up. Allows you to fly a trip and credit the time to your sick bank instead of getting the pay for it. It’s helpful if you’re short on sick time and maybe won’t get paid for the trip you just called out for. You can grab a trip of ANY length at ANY time during the month and put that time into your bank, ensuring your going to get paid for your original months credit. Maybe you have a surgery coming up and want to pad the sick bank for all the time you’re going to be away from work? There are many uses for it. It’s a great tool and I can’t see how it’s harmful to the pilot group or the fight for a better contract.
Coming from somebody that doesn’t work work for Alaska... this makes absolutely no sense. The only thing I can attempt to make sense of here is that picking up a SMLU trip helps meet your absurd requirement to credit 70-something hours per month. This wouldn’t be an issue if you didn’t have a minimum credit per month requirement. All of this is quite silly if the choice is between getting paid and crediting your sick bank... what’s the difference?