Originally Posted by
brakechatter
While I don't agree with the tactic, I also don't agree with the casual wave-off in saying the company could just ignore it. They consider it stealing, and I don't know a company in existence that would just "choose" to ignore stealing. 270 hours is a LOT of sick time, and the company tacitly looking the other way on perceived abuse would allow the inevitable spread. I would much rather they find the carrot than the stick - or rather the heads on sticks, but heads on pikes is not unique to Delta.
Let’s also not forget how the company lobbied to get an airline carve out to the Minnesota state sick laws. They effectively argued to lawmakers that our sick time is really paid time off. I’m not saying I’m going to press to test on that, but going forward there might be some pilots that take the PTO viewpoint also.