If I am reading this correctly, you are saying that if you use 6 total days of sick time you will get punished here. If that is what you are saying, you are incorrect.

Typically, the company understands people get sick and encourages you to call in. Each of these sick calls can call off an entire trip worth four days, equalling 12 days of sick time if you use them all. Heck even your fourth sick call just gets you questioned about what is going on.

I am not saying it should be abused, nor am I saying it is the best system, but it is far from punitive if you use them as needed for real illness. Anything needed about that amount may qualify you for FMLA and that is another topic altogether.

One thing that does irritate me however is that our system encourages you to miss more work than is always needed. For example, sometimes you just have a stomach malady and need a day off work so as to not destroy the flight deck, however, with our system, a call off counts as a sick call regardless of how many days you use. This leads to short term illness causing a full trip drop, because hey, if I am going to get nailed with a sick call I might as well make the best of it.

So while I agree it needs work, it certainly isn't a call to the CP office just because you get sick a few times a year.