Originally Posted by
Hotel Kilo
If that's all it was, he'll go to court then. The company will have to prove he was "not sick" (IMSAFE). Circumstance/Coincidence does not hold up in court. You have to have hard evidence and the burden of proof will be on the company. It's a very very high bar for them.
I wish this pilot all the best and I hope he does take the company to task over this.
As I understand it, this doesn’t go to court, a pilot and the union will take it to arbitration. From what I have read above, the pilot will likely get his job back. But it can take quite a while to get to the arbitration. Further, it is possible the arbitrator says firing was too severe, but it was bad enough full back pay is not awarded.