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What would I do? Not come here looking for advice!

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Originally Posted by GucciBoy (Post 3018189)

If I thought I had a 5% chance of dying from this, I wouldn’t be leaving the house. You have to have several elevated risk factors to approach that probability of death. If you do, I STRONGLY suggest you stay home and stay isolated.

Your right. 5% is probably unrealistically high. I think today 1.3% would be more accurate. The situation is evolving and not all the bad news is out yet. I don't trust the Chinese info and the Italian numbers are high. Foreigners are doing weird stuff for a reason. Some former recovered patients have experienced re-infection.

I'm using 5% as worse case, so we are less caught off guard if it goes bad. They seem okay with it, but maybe that's because they think I'm a d!ck.

But basically, you're right. 1% is probably more accurate.

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Originally Posted by crewdawg (Post 3018232)

Oh come on guys, Bruhpilots post was funny and he even poked fun at himself in the process...have a sense of humor. Jaww had the right response. I would follow up the post by Jaww with the comment that he should just tell the wife she is being unreasonable...then she'll realize that is being unreasonable and calm right down. :D

This is good advice, but I would start by saying, " Just calm down". Keep us posted on how it goes

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Originally Posted by ApachePhil (Post 3018225)

Man. I get it. But, there are several mechanisms in place (PLOA, KLOA, etc) for you to maintain marital harmony. Nowhere is it assumed nor implied that your marital situation to be Delta's financial obligation. So, calling out sick is disingenuous at best and actually, probably fraud.

This x2. Calling in sick when you're NOT sick is fraud. This virus is going to be around for a long time, like the Spanish Flu it will probably slow during the summer months and then come back with a vengeance in the fall. So what are you going to do, call in sick until spring of 2021?

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Originally Posted by 3GRNDWN (Post 3018137)

I've had a little over a week off due to vacation and self-quarantining in the house. It's time to go back to work this weekend and my wife is begging me to call in sick for the entire month of April due to the possibility of bringing the corona home. I feel fine and will continue to take preventative measures to stay healthy. No one's health condition in the house meets the requirements to get an excusal from flying (e.g., no underlying health conditions, no children under 12 months old, etc.). I want to get out of the house and go flying (for my own sanity), but I also don't want to start WWIII with the wife from the likely "quarantined" location of my garage upon my return. What would you do? How is everyone else handling this situation at their homes?

You're kidding right? You wanna risk war with the wife and almost certain "life in the garage" between trips so you can go to work? For your "sanity"?! That right there sounds insane. Need to get out of the house? I get it. I got a two year old at home and keeping him busy is driving me nuts. Solution? Go take a drive. Bring your golf clubs or a book, a cooler with a sandwich and a couple of beers and drive an hour or two out of town. Smack some balls into an empty field or read in a park then pack up and head home. Hell, bring a laptop with a flight sim on it if you need that. Does wonders for "sanity" and you don't need to risk the virus, war with the wife, or plan to be quarantined in the basement/garage/etc when you get home. Hell, if you need to make it an overnight trip, get a hotel somewhere and do it. But I don't think I'd go to work right now if you're looking for any semblance of "sanity".

Whatever you say to calm and convince her, say it repeatedly with increasing volume each time.

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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy (Post 3018250)

Good points. Reserves will pick up his flying, and none of them have wives, families, or health concerns of their own.

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Originally Posted by Buck Rogers (Post 3018241)

This is good advice, but I would start by saying, " Just calm down". Keep us posted on how it goes

Yes...perfect addition to my method.

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Originally Posted by AirbusPTC (Post 3018247)

This x2. Calling in sick when you're NOT sick is fraud.

That's a bit much. I might agree with you if the company just gave us X amount of sick leave like the non-cons. But ours is a benefit negotiated by our CBA...imho it's yours to use as you see fit.

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Originally Posted by crewdawg (Post 3018259)

That's a bit much. I might agree with you if the company just gave us X amount of sick leave like the non-cons. But ours is a benefit negotiated by our CBA...imho it's yours to use as you see fit.

We negotiated sick leave, not paid personal leave. If we prefer to have paid personal time off, we should negotiate for that.

It's really not fair to the other pilots or the company to just call in sick. You're going to have to confront your wife with the fact that you're a pilot and that's your job - flying people places. It's going to be the same in May.. are you just going to keep calling in sick until there is no more Coronavirus?

If you (or your wife) don't want you to go to work, take KLOA for May-July, and PD your schedule for April.