Originally Posted by
Hueypilot
The idea behind setting a certain window to call out sick is simply to avoid screwing people over. If I know I'm sick the day before a trip, I'll call out sick before DOTC processing. If I get sick after DOTC, I wait to call within 12 hours. It's really that simple. That allows anyone a chance to get to work.
yes this is the gentleman way of doing it and was an unwritten rule with the pre-merger airline I was at in the East, and was basically told to me every other trip my first year and discussed in the crash pad ad nausea for the dense ones who didn’t get it…if it’s less than 15hrs before your report and you know you are calling in sick, just wait for it to be 11hrs. If it’s greater than 15, do what you want, call in sick, wait, whatever….I think the main point is don’t screw your fellow pilot in that 14-12 hour range…