Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yes.
Just anticipate a phone call. And possible scrutiny, don't be unreasonably out of position given the circumstances and timing. They can easily pull up your KCM and CASS history, not sure about ID90 but I'd assume that too.
I say this because people have been getting fired for this kind of thing for as long as I've been in the industry.
While this makes sense from the company business standpoint, it really became a reminder how good the relaxed discipline culture (non-safety related) at Hawaiian is. Nobody gets questioned when calling in sick. Heck, they know damn well the guy had an undesired reserve day placed in the middle of his ski week with the boys, with pass travel to prove it! Nobody bats an eye.
This culture is unfortunately an intangible benefit that would be near impossible to write in a contract how it currently exists. It benefits the pilot group with not just schedule flexibility, but seniority and double time. Sick accrual is also the highest of the airlines. Near retirement pilots commonly call out almost every other trip. The result is faster upgrade, more pilots hired junior to you for reserve coverage, or more double time opportunities. Also, a junior reserve (or semi senior for double pay) gets to enjoy any other trip instead of a guaranteed soul sucking LAX redeye plus inter island deadhead.
Originally Posted by
GoodJet
It would be nice if the sick time was just personal time but that isn't how we roll.
It's a win for pilots, the company not so much. But hey, the pilots are not worried about the company when asking for more pay/schedule flex etc in contract negotiations. Don't worry HA pilots don't make as much as the big four anyway. In fact they value QOL over pay. Since it is likely HA won't keep this benefit they need to gain an alternative in JCBA, not just forget about it.