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03-31-2020 | 07:35 AM

#41

Tailhookah

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Originally Posted by ApachePhil

Must be the statistics class they taught for liberal arts degrees. HA!!

Exactly... who cares about the facts. Let’s just pull some b/s out of our arses and wax poetically about it.

03-31-2020 | 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TED74

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

If those pilots have similar concerns/issues as our OP then they should by ALL MEANS be taking time off as well. IMSAFE and all that. Ever flown with someone who is constantly fighting with their significant other all week or who has spent their time off sleeping in the garage/basement/car? Not pleasant or at all conducive to a safe working environment. If you can get a PLOA or KLOA, do it. If not, call in sick. If your honor won't let you sleep at night, call the CPO and have them PD your trip without pay. I'm sure they would be happy to do it. But why anyone would risk their health (threat real or perceived), marital strife or spending weeks on end sleeping in the basement/garage just to fulfill some false sense of honor is beyond me.

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Originally Posted by BruhPilot

What? Drink and drive for a few hours all over town while your county is probably on shelter in place orders? Trespass on to private property and hit golf balls (liter)? You do you mate.

That's not what I was advocating and you know it. If you need to be told how to be a responsible adult, then what can I tell you.

Also, it's spelled "litter".

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03-31-2020 | 07:45 AM

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m3113n1a1

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Is your family in a high risk group? Is someone immunocompromised? If not, just go to work and take precautions. If so and you don't feel comfortable take a KLOA or something. Also maybe get a marriage counselor

03-31-2020 | 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 3GRNDWN

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?

Bid a LOA. Unemployment is paying between $4,000-$6,000/month right now depending on which state you live in.

03-31-2020 | 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by gloopy

So for every 1000 pilots who work, 700 will get it, 105 will require hospitalization and 35 will die?

Worse case for planning purposes.

Just me. I respect your take if it's different. A lot still unknown.

03-31-2020 | 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by mikea72580

Bid a LOA. Unemployment is paying between $4,000-$6,000/month right now depending on which state you live in.

Do you get unemployment for taking an LOA? The company didn't furlough you.

03-31-2020 | 08:07 AM

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This will make a great WWYD interview question whenever hiring resumes again

03-31-2020 | 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Banzai

Do you get unemployment for taking an LOA? The company didn't furlough you.

Apparently FAs and other workers have been. I don't understand how it works though.

03-31-2020 | 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by m3113n1a1

Is your family in a high risk group? Is someone immunocompromised? If not, just go to work and take precautions.

Sure would be nice if Ma Delta took some precautions. We've all heard the stories of

- Employee buses being full because Delta wants to save money and run fewer buses. Whats social distancing?

- Hotel vans being full. Delta should demand each crew gets their own bus/van.

- Cockpits being cleaned once every 15 days!

DALPA and Delta should demand that steps are taken to minimize the above issues. The reality is that Delta says that our well being is their number 1 concern, their actions say something different.

I certainly don't blame anyone who takes steps to minimize their risk.

Sometimes you have to look out for #1.