Originally Posted by
BlueScholar
At United off the top of my head it’s a rolling 12 month period. At 5 distinct instances of sick calls in 12 months you can get a call and/or email checking up on you advising further sick calls can get you put on attendance monitoring. Each sick call from there escalates to mandatory discussions. At 8
is when discipline including termination can happen. I haven’t gotten high enough to press to test, but I assume around 5 is when asking for doctors notes could be a factor. I don’t know if providing them is obligatory or not.
how can termination happen unless you are a complete moron? The FAA is very clear that you cannot operate an aircraft if you are not fit to fly. So, unless you are lying, you can’t be terminated. Need a doctor’s note? Easy, I can message my doctor anytime and ask for all kinds of notes and he sends them within a day. Seems like anyone getting terminated doesn’t have a doctor they can call. Which is a whole other problem.
yes, I had a note from a doctor stating was tackling an autistic kid on the side of the road a few hours before I had to report. It was that easy. It was also true. Thanks to the police report and the report from the ambulance crew that took him to the children’s hospital. That was my 10th sick call in 4 months.
Oh, and he is my easy child. You should meet his older sister.