Granted it was pre covid DAL, but my wife was diagnosed with a brain tumor day 2 of indoc. This on combination with her brother dying in a farming accident the week before was to put it mildly a bad two weeks in my house.

They (indoc / training teams, BB and BT) worked it out where I finished indoc and went home to "study" on training pay unti my wife was able to drive and do day to day things post surgery. Not sure what options are available to a line pilot, but doesn't hurt to ask. But ask wisely.

I do agree with calling ALPA. There are often ways to make things work, but the new Delta might not do it.

I wouldn't call CPO until hes talked to ALPA.

I got questioned on why I've been out sick for a month even though it took UHC three weeks to approve a needed surgery (broke bone severely enough to need a plate and screws)

Thank god we were on Tricare Reserve when my wife was diagnosed, because she'd probably have died before they would have approved the MRI that found the tumor, nevermind the surgery.

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