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Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
Dependability: Participants are expected to maintain the same dependability standards as United’s employees, meaning no unexcused documented occurrences of any of the following (i.e., such occurrences must have doctor’s notes, etc.), unless such occurrences are considered Approved Leave:
Ø Sick call over a company recognized holiday.
Ø Failure to operate an assigned flight or event without notice.
Ø Notification of sick leave less than two hours prior to a scheduled event.
Ø Sick call impacting an assigned training event.
Ø Failure of the Participant to be contactable when required.
Ø Sick call prior to or following a scheduled vacation.
Ø Greater than four absences in a rolling 12-month period – subsequent legs of a trip will not be counted as individual absences, rather will be counted as one absence (e.g. a four-day trip will count as one absence not four)
Surely you see the holes in this, right?
Specifically, any pilot who happens to be sick during training, or near a holiday, now has to make a doctor’s appointment, spend money on copays, and waste time for things like colds and flus. Most people just stay home, but because of this program, pilots will be forced to go through this just so they aren’t potentially disqualified. And anyone in HR knows that the net effect is that guys will fly sick. Is the company’s position that pilots should never get sick over holidays or during training? Ridiculous. Again, it’s pilot pushing.