Actually there has. The company in 2014 was busting pilots balls and when guys couldn’t get to work the company gave them a MA for their trip. Guys took the 4 day vacation. When staffing was low, The company started to threaten to record each day individually to get them to come in on day two. The company actually did it a few times. Recorded 4 separate MA’s from a 4 day trip. Eventually through the grievance process they were converted back to a single MA.
Nobody was fired, even though it was more than 3 consecutive MA, nobody given CDD’s or anything more than the corresponding level of punishment based on the company discipline manual.
Well, until me....