Originally Posted by
ImperialxRat
Eh, I think you're being pretty ridiculous. They said get the vaccine by the end of Jan which means you need to start the process by Jan 04 or whatever deadline they put in that most recent email. One pilot getting a vaccine around Christmas should not put us into severe irregular ops or cause a BCP to lose his cool. It's business as usual. Big deal, staff the airline accordingly for holidays as well as regular off season flying, and quit trying to put the blame on line pilots.
Incorrect on basically every front. They said get the vaccine by the end of Jan, HOW MANY MONTHS AGO? Not the company's fault you procrastinate.
It isn't about one pilot sending ops into pandemonium, it's about this pilot either playing dumb, or is unfortunately actually dumb. You know darn well you can't fly for 48 hours, he gets it right before a reserve period starts. Hey, it's his middle finger to the company, great... But to think this wouldn't flag and go up the chain is so insane to me. We all know there are substances and medications that make you unfit to fly. We all know that the vaccine falls under this rule. This pilot could have punched out sick and said "my bad, I got the vaccine and this was the only available appointment, so I can't sit reserve"
This isn't the company's fault, this is 100% on the pilot. Now that he spread the company email, he is in real trouble.