Originally Posted by
iaflyer
I'd of course got get a doctor's note because (a) I was sick and that's the policy and (b) they are paying for it for a GFB, so what's the big deal?
I would just point out that if they are calling just because I sicked out of a reserve trip, what else am I supposed to do, fly sick? I'm on reserve... of course if I sick out on a trip, it's going to be a reserve trip. When they assign trips sometimes 36 hours or 48 hours ahead of time (regular or MED trip), it's going to happen.
Definitely a double standard, since a every time a REG pilot sicks out they're sicking out of a trip (other than CQ). If a reserve pilot wakes up the morning of a trip feeling crappy they get extra scrutiny for calling off, while a line holder calling off at the exact same time doesn't get a second thought.