^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^

It was ingrained into me starting here to try to get to 3 months/255-ish hours of sick bank in the event I lost my medical and needed that bridge sick time to get to LTD eligibility.

Flew with one captain who used his sickation time liberally. Then he had to go out on LTD and complained that the company did nothing to help him out when he had no sick time and no income coming in for three months. He complained that it was all ALPA's fault that he had no sick time or access to LTD for three months, too.