Originally Posted by
CVG767A
In the past, I've flown with F/Os that have been coughing or sneezing in the cockpit, and I've asked them to call in sick at the next station. Now, given our crummy sick leave policy, I no longer do that, since I don't want that person's paycheck to be affected.
Lo and behold, now I've flown with many more sick guys, and I've gotten sick much more....
I would bet that pilot sick leave usage has increased under the current contract.
Aren't those contradictory statements? You can't both "notice more guys flying sick" and also observe that "I bet sick leave usage has increased under this contract." I would bet quite a bit that sick leave usage has declined quite a bit ever since the current crappy rules came into being.
I've always had a hard time with
both the sick leave abusers and the guys who fly sick. Some fly sick to "save money" and some because they somehow think they are doing DAL a perverse favor. They most assuredly are not.
If you even have to ask yourself, "Am I good to go to fly this trip?" much less hacking up your guts...call in sick right away. Don't get anyone else sick just because you think you can man up! On the other hand, if you screwed up bidding or wish your one-week vacation could somehow turn into two, you don't call in sick just to make things all better scheduling-wise. We have to better than the schmucks in mgmt. Calling in sick "just because" merely relegates us to their thieving level.