Originally Posted by
bugman61
If the child’s sickness kept you up and you are fatigued, call in fatigued.
But the PWA defines sickness as a personal medical condition. Every pilot is the final authority on when they are able to exercise the privileges of their medical certificate. If you determine that your family members common cold causes you sufficient stress to fail IMSAFE, call in sick, but be prepared to explain that to your CPO and get a doctors note for it if required.
last time I checked fatigued and stress are part of IMSAFE and is a personal medical condition. The point I’m making is, the more the company wants to flex their muscles on sickness the more people will find ways, legally,’to do so. A simple head cold worked into a seizure for my buddies kid. I can assure you the next few times his kid was sick he wasn’t fit to fly. That’s the point of sick.
Mongo