Originally Posted by
higney85
If you are unable to fly and uphold the FAA requirements for your medical issuance, call in sick. If given grief call a rep for your meeting. We have NOT had anyone have any discipline over the sick calls beyond a meeting to figure out what's wrong if you suddenly are sick multiple times in a short period. Anything the company threatens to do is only a threat. It's an easy grievance with FAA support for the first pilot who is pressured to fly sick or does not because the pilot is sick and the company disciplines.
well we had one fired a few years ago, but I think he was a bad apple anyways. Company even got the Feds involved. He called in sick X number of times in a year and the company thought it was fishy even with a dr note. Company went to the Feds on it. When you apply to renew your medical it has that spot for "doctor visits within last 3 years."
Well he left that blank so the feds got him for lying on a medical application and he got canned. Barney semantics again.