Originally Posted by
jayray2
Have you ever tried calling crew scheduling between the hours of midnight and 5 AM?
Why can't you admit its a backwards policy. What company is dumb enough to pay for its employees to go to the doctor when 100% of the time the doctor is going to write a note stating the employee came in for a visit?
I don't work for an airline, so I wouldn't have tried to call crew scheduling. It's not a backwards policy. There are people who like to work, or abuse, the system. Policies like this are in place to protect the benefits afforded by the company.
It's not up to the company to pay for the doctor visit. You know the rules going in, so it's up to you. Most people have insurance with a ~$20 co-pay, so it's not a big deal.
It does seem that airlines have different policies regarding this than the majority of other industries.
Originally Posted by
CaptainCarl
Our contract at TSA said that they would look back 120 days from the day an employee separated from the company (under good circumstances i.e. not fired) and give you a bonus based on the number of days you called in sick.
0 = $600
1 = $400
2 = $200
3 = $100
4 or more = SOL
Those numbers aren't exact but they are pretty close. And since I'm furloughed, I haven't seen a dime for my vacation time I earned but never got to use.
That's good. That's an incentive to not call-in sick unless you really are sick.