Originally Posted by
Idaho
A buddy just had his fatigue call compensation denied, starting with the company claiming he had not checked in (he had) and then the board ruled that he should not be fatigued becasue the schedules are well built, and denied him use of sick time for the fatigue call. I'm guessing this is a trend and he's not the only one. Relying on punitive fatigue policy and the mercy of a committee run by the company is unacceptable. If one wants to work themselves with overtime, buyback and flying sick that is a choice, but lets not make it mandatory to kill yourself just to get BLG each month.
There is a lot to unpack here. First, did your buddy have proof that he had checked in? Second, any fatigue call prior to actual trip check in results in the hours going to your make-up bank. They are not taken out of your sick bank nor are you paid for the trip. It is in the contract 12.A.9. Also, the FERC isn't run by the company. So, based on what you stated, the FERC couldn't allow the pilot to be compensated from their sick bank. If your friend has proof that they checked at actual trip check in before the fatigue call, then they should grieve this. If the fatigue call was made after actual trip check in, then the FERC only has two options, compensation without use of sick bank, or compensation with the use of sick bank.