Originally Posted by
PilotJ3
You do understand that “not feeling going to work” means you’re probably not mentally fit? Which it means you can use your sick time. Sometimes we are burned out, but we choose to keep going.
Part of being a responsible person/pilot, is to identify when we need a mental break from work.
Unfit to fly does not only covers physical illness. It’s important that we stop thinking that only physical fitness is the only reason we can call sick.
FAA IMSAFE acronym, look it up if you haven’t.
And there is a big difference between burned out vs just not wanting to go to work due to bad work ethic, rather go to that event with friends, etc.
If burned out, sure perfectly understandable. I meant more along the lines of just want to blow off work because that trip was crap, it was over the weekend, etc.
Overall point is I’m not an abuser of our sick system. Which is why AA management dug in on this issue. They fear abuse.