Section 14 – Sick Leave Sick Leave Verification The following provisions that outline when a pilot is required to verify their sick leave under Section 14 F. have been improved: • The verification trigger has been increased from 100 to 120 hours. • Once the new 120-hour trigger has been met under Section 14 F., a pilot only needs to provide a QHCP certificate, or at pilot’s option, a doctor’s certificate. • The 160-hour doctor certificate requirement has been eliminated. Automated Call-In Sick & Call-In Well Pilots will be able to utilize an automated system to call in sick or well (rather than having to call Crew Scheduling or Pilot Assist). The system must be in place in place no later than March 1, 2024. The automated system will not require a pilot to furnish the Company with any details other than to indicate whether they are sick or well. Improved “Good Faith Basis” Provisions Along with the improved verification trigger, the Good Faith Basis (GFB) provisions have been improved so that any pilot who uses 50 or fewer hours in the previous sick leave year will not be subject to any good faith basis inquiry in the current sick leave year, regardless of the circumstances. Furthermore, any request from the Company to verify an illness under GFB, must be made within 3 calendar days after the start date of the sick event in question, and must also disclose all of the specific reason(s) in support of the GFB inquiry. Deleted “Major Bone” Provisions • Any single sick leave event that uses 100 hours or more is now considered verified upon the pilot providing a Doctor’s Certificate to the Company, and such hours are not counted towards the 120-hour verification limit in Section 14 F. 3. • Existing limitations under this provision related to major bones, acute, chronic, or degenerative conditions, or hospital admissions have been completely removed.