Originally Posted by
TED74
My experience preceded COVID. Scheduling was compiling a daily report of post-assignment sick calls to forward to the CPO, who would then GFB most of the list. ALPA knew it was happening and solicited for feedback and details from any pilot who was GFB’d. Then the world blew up and the practice probably fell by the wayside.
In any case, CPOs lost a lot of buy-in when they went on this particular witch-hunt. I’m not sure they had the long vision on what bad-faith semi-automated GFBs would do to otherwise motivated pilots. In my circumstance, I leaned just how easy it was to get a doctor’s note and turn sick usage time into verified sick time that doesn’t count in lookback. Huh.
Never had a GFB but I’m glad to hear it’s easy. Is it just head over to CVS and ask for a note or is there a form to give them? The whole thing is pretty freaking ridiculous, but I guess that’s the point. It’d definitely be a morale killer for me I imagine. Stepping over dollars to save dimes and all that.