Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
^^^^^^ 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.
I'm LUAL; recalled to the LCAL side in early 2012. Diagnosed with cancer Dec 2012. Wasn't allowed to use my SL balance I earned at LUAL. Went two months with no paycheck. It was suboptimal.