Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
There is a lot of gray area here, and lots of back and forth over beers. I might say that there is "nothing contractually wrong" from calling in sick all 270 sick leave hours (for old guys like me) and not calling in sick until one hour prior to report, for ALL 270 hours of sick use. But I would raise a BS flag if someone was bragging about it--legal and all.
A pilot is clearly violating the PWA if they use their sick hours when they are not actually sick (as defined by 14.A.17). Additionally, they are violating 14.F.1 if they consistently wait until 1 hour prior to sign-in despite becoming aware that they will be unable to perform their duties earlier.
The difference here is that using auto-accept is
always PWA legal. No intent to fly is ever required, unless the pilot acknowledges a proffer.