Sick leave abuse, the other kind.
11-27-2015 | 04:13 AM
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It's not.
It's a red herring dreamed up by management that they expected ALPA to pass in an effort to squeeze more blood from a stone(efficiency) out of the pilots.
The machiavellian maneuver by management and served to us by ALPA would have worked had the pilots voted yes. We didn't.
Unfortunately we are still discussing the merits of this red herring. It needs to stop.
We are currently under the sick leave program management "had to have". They can live with it.
I have moved as far as I'm willing to move on sick leave.
It's a red herring dreamed up by management that they expected ALPA to pass in an effort to squeeze more blood from a stone(efficiency) out of the pilots.
The machiavellian maneuver by management and served to us by ALPA would have worked had the pilots voted yes. We didn't.
Unfortunately we are still discussing the merits of this red herring. It needs to stop.
We are currently under the sick leave program management "had to have". They can live with it.
I have moved as far as I'm willing to move on sick leave.
11-27-2015 | 04:41 AM
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It is pretty simple. If you even have to ask the question "do I think I can tough it out even though I am a little under the weather?"....CALL IN SICK AND DON'T GET YOUR FELLOW PILOT SICK.
11-27-2015 | 06:07 AM
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11-27-2015 | 10:07 AM
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11-27-2015 | 01:43 PM
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11-27-2015 | 02:48 PM
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I never got lectured in Indoc or by CPO not to use sick leave. I sicked out of two trips while on probation. Scared the hell out of me but I had no choice. Got the flu once and a wicked head cold the next time.
The second time, on the "backside" of the cold, I commuted down the night prior hoping I'd be better at show-time. When I went to bed the night prior I knew there was no way so I called scheds that night.
I asked them if they'd rather someone make the call early or try to see if they can tough it out. Her response was emphatic, "the earlier the better;" obviously it makes it easier for them to fill the line. Had to go see the CPO the next morning to get permission to non-rev back home. Me in the CPO office: "Sorry I'm not going to shake your hand, I'm sick." CPO: "Then what the hell are you doing at work?!?"
I never heard a thing about either sick-out except auto-generated emails detailing the need to call in well, and how you could WS/GS and pay back your sick bank if you flew on days of a rotation that were removed for the sick-out if you got healthy in time.
Oh, both times, I got sick because the Captain(s) on my previous rotation(s) flew sick, so it ain't just new FOs spreading the love.
The second time, on the "backside" of the cold, I commuted down the night prior hoping I'd be better at show-time. When I went to bed the night prior I knew there was no way so I called scheds that night.
I asked them if they'd rather someone make the call early or try to see if they can tough it out. Her response was emphatic, "the earlier the better;" obviously it makes it easier for them to fill the line. Had to go see the CPO the next morning to get permission to non-rev back home. Me in the CPO office: "Sorry I'm not going to shake your hand, I'm sick." CPO: "Then what the hell are you doing at work?!?"
I never heard a thing about either sick-out except auto-generated emails detailing the need to call in well, and how you could WS/GS and pay back your sick bank if you flew on days of a rotation that were removed for the sick-out if you got healthy in time.
Oh, both times, I got sick because the Captain(s) on my previous rotation(s) flew sick, so it ain't just new FOs spreading the love.
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