Originally Posted by
Otterbox
What does the forfeit of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sick time from every pilot get then? The company considers sick time to have a monetary value and 95hr+ drop no pay for sick calls scheme is ALPA endorsed wage theft.
1 Every pilot? I would suggest it's a minority of pilots. I don't know average SL balance at retirement, but I'd wager the average is below 100hrs.
2 You're changing the discussion.
3 With LTD kicking in at 60 days with the new TA, one can lower their emergency LTD sick bank down to 184 hrs (95hrs x 2 minus 6hrs accrued for one month). I've always tried to have 275hrs (95x3 minus 5x2) as my target sick bank.
4 We are now able to use half of our annual SL for kin care no matter where you're based.
5 We all know that we won't get anything for unused SL when we retire. If one chooses not to use SL when they should (flying sick), that's on them.