Originally Posted by
saxman66
Sup with this? From our MEC:
Usually I think these are pretty accurate, but I'm not sure if I'm getting one side of the story. Like the guy that got terminated for calling in sick for his own wedding. But he was also on the "list" for abusing sick calls before. BTW, do probationary pilots get union protection, or is it pretty much, your outa here for something like the above statement? (4 for days till my anniversary!)
It is true, this person was fired for calling in fatigued. As far as I know they had a clean record with the company so it is not like they were trying to find a reason to get rid of them. My guess is they were trying to make an example out of them so people would fear calling in fatigued. The good thing is that on paper they were not officially terminated until after their anniversary date so the union is trying to help them out. It is pretty messed up. In December-January i had a stretch of 27 days and I worked 24. Example, 6 on 1 off, 6 on 1 off, 6 on 1 off, 6 on. How can you give someone a schedule like that and expect them to not be tired at all? Something has got to give.