Buy your own cows, hire your own cow hands and make your own milk?

Then make a milkshake...

I'm hungry

Im the same way but they'll keep calling

Sure! And if you're not a witch, you'll sink like a stone to the bottom of the lake... Nothing to worry about!

Apparently though, being sick isn't the issue. It's occurrences and other metrics that's driving the program. Which begs the question-- If you are sick and use your sick leave, will you be looked upon by your employer as a problem that warrants more attention? And will that cause you to think twice before making the decision that you aren't fit to fly?

The FAA thinks it will. But if you don't mind flying with a sick co pilot or captain for a few days, then just roll over and let the company have their way with YOUR decision not to fly.

For those who don't notice what's wrong:

Dont say that because I did and the response I got was, "oh so you're saying we should treat you as a special pilot" I then got off the phone.

Seattle to LA? Only 9 flights a day? Who would even want that route. That's practically an EAS route.

Nice,
Now go on www.alaskaair.com and try the same exercise... All the non-Alaska flying gets sent to AAmerican/Eagle...Not one connection goes through SLC...

Alaska get 5% of their revenue from the Delta codeshare, in turn Delta gets 1%.

Cheers
George

I got a call and asked my CP if he thought it was OK to take a horn of NyQuil on an 9 hour layover so I could actually sleep, followed by a dose of Excedrin to wake me up from the NyQuil haze the next morning, then a few Tylenol Cold to get through a 14 hour duty day. He was actually cool about the call and I could tell he was doing what his boss was making him do and didn't really like making calls to guys who had called in sick.

The metric that triggered my "visit" was the last two calls I've had were within an 8 week time period and were both for 5 day trips so I've used up close to 60 hours already in two months. My recomendation was to do away with 5-day domestic trips. (I'm junior and I don't bid for them, I just get the really crappy ones that are left over). I guess if we call in OK after a few days we can then WS during original days that the trip operated and that will reduce the sick hours we used. I've just always stayed out for the whole trip when I call in.

Do you think we have "codeshare" hiring at AK? Maybe if i quit now, I can catch on the hiring wave over there, and when we merge, I can finally be a lineholder in LAX or SEA before i turn 40!

Cow? Milk? Maybe this explains is better? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVdud...feature=relmfu

Either case You, Us...Delta Pilots...DPA, DALPA...are losing flying and everything with it. Bla Bla about their feeding our international thourgh SEA, PDX, SFO, LAX... what ever...humor as necessary... Alaska is a good airline, but just buy them and staple!