At least one had 20 plus sick calls. Tried to claim Fmla which you aren’t eligible for first year. Can’t remember if it was him or the other that went off on the chief pilot in the hearing? I wasn’t personally involved with that but after hearing the details the union didn’t have a lot of options to defend with. This would be a challenge for the union and a probationary pilot irregardless of negotiations.

as a side note the union will defend sec 19 for probationary pilots and probationary pilots should file disputes when the contract is violated. More than likely your dispute will just get lumped in with the other similar language violations depending on what happened. It’s certainly possible you’ll just get paid out if there’s already a standing remedy the company has agreed to.