Originally Posted by
FangsF15
Supposedly, the 4 pilots fired off the 747 pre-Covid were ‘proven’ scammers with a complete lack of KCM/CASS, not to mention JS/Non-Rev hits. Unconfirmed, of course, but several of them reportedly had zero ‘fingerprints’ for any commute in 2 years.
The only reason 3 of the 4 got their jobs back was because there was no progressive discipline. The fourth was a regular offender with a history of many other issues and did not get their job back. The 3 who did had to repay the ‘wage theft’ of all the SC for which they had not commuted in. Not to mention months of lost wages.
Circumstantial evidence is still evidence. And can be plenty strong to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. “How did you get to work from 3 states over without once scanning KCM/TSA, Non-Rev/JS, or any other searchable database?”
I have zero - ZERO - sympathy for anyone truly scamming the company like this, because the rest of us have to pay for the collateral damage for years to come. They deserve a defense, but not an unlimited one (depending on the facts and evidence presented, of course). It’s hard to credibly argue, for example, that you were genuinely sick every time you were given an assignment over several years, but ONLY when given an assignment (if that’s the allegation). That’s statistically impossible. Anyone ever read Freakonomics”?
Wait, I thought the pilot we are talking about here called in sick when assigned a reserve commitment. They didn't even try to commute in, according to what I've read here.
If the pilot called in sick for assigned short calls, or other reserve assignments, the company will have a high bar to prove that he was not sick.
Now if there's more to the story here, than I'm all ears. But what's been posted here (see hockey's post) was that he was calling in sick whenever he got an reserve assignment. The company will have to prove that he was not sick. That is the standard. IMSAFE. Good luck with that.