Maybe if the company made it possible to bid for days off that you need i.e "golden days" you wouldn't have pilots that need to call in sick just so they can attend their own wedding, or go to a dentist appointment (or any other appointment that may need to be made months in advance)

Or in lieu of golden days off, you could just tweak the PBS so that if you hold enough seniority to do things like attend weddings and schedule doctors appointments, then you can bid for them and be someone confident that it is possible to hold.

This of course doesn't even touch on the problem of legitimate sick calls. Which are terrible at 9E for a variety of very real reasons. You don't eat or sleep at pinnacle. Many people will get a cold after a week or two of highspeeds/standups, because three hours of shuts you're immune system down. I have heard that the number of people using sick calls, FMLA, and long term medical leave at Pinnacle is huge. You would think that management would be concerned with finding out why, but you would be wrong.