Not this again. We can’t just ‘fix’ a state law, even if we wanted to. The PWA, however, we have some control over.

There is no reason all pilots should not support state laws/protections applying to all bases.

 

it applies to all bases equally based on local state law. no need for one state to haul you along, and no reason to waste negotiating capital on it for those who didn’t want it.

the waste of negotiating capital is absolutely a reason not to support it.

 

It’s not that simple, and you know it.

Regardelss, this is not the place for shadow political advocacy.

 

Good lord, you and your family are unlucky. I have never heard of a family with as many incidents as you have.

 

no kidding. living in an ultra high salary location is a choice. can’t then complain poor.

 

it’s the same person who claimed to be “stuck” in the right seat because they couldn’t yet hold <30% as a captain

 

it is that simple. it will be a very high cost negotiating item and it would harm other possible gains greatly to seek it. no thanks, i'd rather see gains elsewhere

 

I agree.

The PWA already covers this. We just have a recalcitrant management group with utter disdain for the pilot group.

14.A.17. Sickness means any personal medical condition of a pilot, physical or mental, that disables the pilot from performing duties as a flight crew member.

The FAA refers to fitness to perform duties as a flight crew member in the IMSAFE acronym. So we have a regulatory agency that dictates an personal assessment what makes us fit to perform flight crew duties. The PWA definition of sickness covers all of the IMSAFE. So us using sick time for anything that falls within IMSAFE is valid, PWA sickness. This has been tested in court before (see ancman's) post. So we should not change behavior, take sick time if you fail any of the test of IMSAFE. The company can't do squat other than shake their fists, scream at the clouds and send out strongly worded letters.


Further, 14.F.4 Note states (pertaining to GFB) "such individual circumstances may not be derived solely from the amount of sick leave used by the pilot or the frequency of their sick leave occurances."

Also a GFB does not always require verification from a QHCP. The CPO can, based on the GFB call and your description of the illness in "general terms" decide if it's verified or go down the QHCP route. Seems they always default to 14.F.4.b

 

Name another W2 wage earning career that earns more than us working as little as we do. So far I've only personally only met doctors/surgeons but they work WAY harder than I ever do. Ive flown with new hire reserve plugs with better QOL.

 

Not a commuter are you.

of course I’m guessing anyone can vote in your state. Send me a spare ballot would you?

/s