Originally Posted by Snaplock

How about this:

We get completely rid of the sick leave harassment. We are in a job that requires us to constantly evaluate fitness for duty and to be in a situation where many are afraid to call in sick because of company policies is insane. Do our peers at other airlines have to deal with these same rules? I don’t think so but am also genuinely asking the question.

Here is what I’d like to see regarding our sick leave provisions.

1. Get rid of the “good faith basis” provisions. If someone is abusing the system then deal with those people. Don’t penalize the entire pilot group.

2. Sick leave basically becomes PTO. We can use it when we need to. Things happen. People get sick. Or, something pops up and you need some time off. That’s life and the company needs to stop treating us like children. At the negotiating table every time the company pushes back on this just bring up all the millions that have been stolen from us through the lack of pay transparency and just stare at them. They act like we are all huge sick leave abusers but what about the millions they’ve stolen from us and all the times they’ve willfully chosen to violate our contract.

3. Any unused sick time can be carried over from year to year. No limits on this. This could be especially beneficial because as we all age we will have more health problems and being able to carry from year to year will allow us to tap into a larger sick bank before going on disability.