Correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't we have an MD-11 Captain get bushwhacked in the Paris metro a few months back? Got busted up real bad and went to the hospital for a few days? Sick in the field? Company put him on the jumpseat back to Memphis, head bandages and all? Captain of the flight felt he was put in a very difficult situation? Lots of gnashing of teeth about having to transport a medical emergency on a 10 hour flight? So, if I get this right, you can go sick in the field and jumpseat on our aircraft IF the company wants you back, but not if they don't care if you get back? To quote Sgt Friday "Is that about it"? I wonder if the arbitrator will see the difference between two sick pilots trying to get home to their respective families, one who is on the clock in a Paris hospital and the other who is thrown under the bus? We shall see.