How do you figure? Honest question.

Because the way I figure it, both instances involve our own pilots being dishonest, cheating the system, making the rest of us wear ‘consequence’ diapers because they crapped their pants.

In the case of the SC abusers, it cost me a lot of extra commutes to New York to sit short call for nothing, with enough pilots on a short call to replace every single pilot departing that night. No joke. Plus, the union had to spend a lot of time, energy, and what little goodwill we had defend them and get 3 of 4 jobs back. In the case of sick abusers, it costs the rest of us harassment by the company in the form of GFB calls, needless trips to the doctor, and I’m sure in at least some cases, people afraid to call in sick, and thus transmitting their illness. Not to mention negotiating capital at the table to push back the verification hours from 100 to 120, or eliminating “major bone”, for example.