Originally Posted by
SabreDriver
DUDE..... Is this really a serious question?
No he's probbaly joking.......
DUDE... at my airline, you'd already be gone, unless you had a real "medical" problem, which is quite easy to verify.
Yes it is easy to veryify "dude". Calling in and telling the company you're sick is all the verification they need. How else would they? A doctors note? Fax them the back of your medical then. At no point is your company allowed to pressure you into flying sick. If you call in and tell them you're sick that's all they need to know. Anything else is against the regs.
At just 15 months at the company, that probably translates to just about 12 months on the line, 4 sick calls means about 1 every 3 months. What are you gonna do if you actually get "sick."
Who's to say he hasn't been sick? What is he going to do if he actually gets sick? Easy. He'll pick up the phone, dial the company number, wait for crew scheduling then say "I'm calling out sick today see ya".
Not showing up for work at most places will get you a trip to the "Principal's office," as it should. Why don't you let us know if you get the paddle, or the "boot" during your visit.
He's not simply NOT showing up for work. He's calling out sick. There are FARs against making a pilot fly sick for a reason. If he gets called to the principles office then there are two things you do.
A) You call your union and make sure you have representation from them at your meeting.
B) You call the FAA and make sure you have representation from them at your meeting.
Your airline will do nothing.
You are an airline pilot and even though you use the word DUDE you should know this. I'm wondering which post is the actual joke here.
4 sick calls in 15 months is NOTHING. I average about 5. I know people who have passed 14 calls this year. In this profession it's easy to get sick. One day I flew from CLE to RDU. CLE was 26 degrees F and RDU was 81 degrees F. I went CLE-RDU, RDU-CLE, CLE-RDU, RDU-CLE that day. The human body isn't built for those types of extreme changes. I went sick the next day. This happens all over the place. No reason to be afraid of it. One time I actually flew feeling a little under the weather the week before the 4th of July and it was the worst decision.
Bryce you do what you gotta do. Try and get there the day before. If that's not an option then call.