Originally Posted by sailingfun

We will agree to disagree. When you have a limited amount of time accrued each year that carries forward you tend to be very conservative with that time. When you get 270 hours of use it or lose it your thought process is quite different. Friends I had at AA always tried to build a significant buffer to cover catastrophic illnesses or accidents. My post on self policing has nothing to do with the 50 hour rule regardless. It’s about the differences in the systems. UAL gets 60 hours a year. After that sick leave is unpaid.