I'd like more sick leave too, but I have a different point of view on the CBA system.

Remind me again what the CBA incentive to not abuse sick leave was? Did it incent people to fly sick (as Cog thinks our policy does?).

As I recall the CBA accrued 5 hours per month sick leave with a cap of 1200 hours. The PWA accrues differently in that you're granted the equivalent of 8+20 per month, and it's front loaded to 300 hours that reloads every three years. Your annual expenditure is capped at 240 hours prior to transitioning to disability/dpma. That's 120 hours or 67% more sick leave accrued each year than the CBA.

For guys that had more than 1200 hours, the DPMA top-up benefit lets them use all of that time. They get the advantage of the higher yearly accrual (they got nothing under the CBA) and have pay protection.

The PWA system is different, granted, but the PWA 75% trigger is way past the CBA's accrual rate and 75% trigger. For those that moved into this system with less than 1200 hours of sick leave (over half the group) this system offers far more protection.