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.
The union doesn’t view sick leave as a “screw your fellow pilots” bank, which is what some pilots, unfortunately, use it for. They view it as an insurance policy. If you can make it through your career without a devastating injury or illness, consider yourself lucky/blessed.