Originally Posted by
MD10PLT
Lets see if I got this right.
If you are awarded a reserve line with two reserve blocks, then call in sick for one of them and are not awarded a trip, there is no deduction in sick bank.
However if you are awarded a VTO line with one week of flying and one week of reserve, then call in sick for the reserve week, your sick bank is deducted whether you are awarded a trip or not.
Am I wrong?
Sounds like you are right. But....if you are awarded a reserve line with two reserve blocks and call in sick for both of them, your sick bank is deducted your RLG not what you would've flown. Dat's the current rule. In your example, I guess their reasoning is that you are calling in sick for your entire monthly reserve period. Seems kind of draconian but I don't think it will affect very many folks. Maybe there's trend of folks rolling the bones on those 3 or 4 r-days after they've built up their hours for the month. Who knows? Now, back to trying to figure out the "grid penalty event".