Why am I not suprised some manager looks at one cell value on a spreadsheet in their vacuum of an office, and gets all upset? Context be darned… I honestly don’t care, though. I don’t abuse sick. Only once have I ever been across the “verification” threshold without going on LTD. While it’s super annoying, it’s really not actually impactful in a meaningful way. Especially with teledoc being a thing.

It only serves to leave yet another bitter taste in the collective mouths of pilots, and keeps most of us less willing to go above and beyond. They give that fire fuel and oxygen by having a conniption over it.

To me, it’s not worth any negotiating capital.