Now I'm kicking myself for wasting my vacation weeks over Christmas and Thanksgiving! I should have just called in sick!

Seems there's a shortage of pilot sick calls over holidays, well, I just want to help with my backpack full of figgy pudding and all!

 

This is not a shot across the bow my friends!!! It is a kick in the "tea bags"!!!!!! Unbelievable!?!?!???

 

It's you senior guys that get holidays off with vacation that are the problem. All us junior healthy guys that never get sick are flying the holidays while you old sick guys get them off then call in sick before and after the holidays.

 

I do usually get sick during my vacation, staying up late, drinking too much, out all night and sleeping on the sidewalk in the rain will do that to even a young man, let alone us old farts!

Somebody call for my wheelchair, and get me a new Depends!

 

Crew resources is out on a limb here with their latest update. They are only interested in sick leave usage because they keep getting "questions" about it... so they say. And it just so happens that "Most of the questions focus on how and when the sick benefit is disproportionately used – and by whom."

But wait! They know the answers to these questions, fear not! Did they interview a bunch of pilots about what it is like flying the line when you are over 50 years old or in your 60s? No. "Answers to these questions are found in the many statistics that we routinely track and monitor related to sick leave."

Thats right. Look at all our charts and graphs and we can tell you why you are so sick all the time. You are being "disproportionate". Shame on you!

And we get to hear more of this drivel in the next few newsletters! Joy!

 

Pilots are dropping on layovers and even in the seat..... and we are accused of being sick leave abusers?

When was the last time a member of management checked out on company time?

 

No offense to anyone, but who really cares?

Didn't read the crew resource update, and I have no intention to. Pilot sick leave usage is about as important to me ramp agent sick leave usage.

 

This is all my fault. Felt horrible Sunday morning and called in sick. The next day this sick leave thing comes out. My bad.

 

What he doesn't mention is that these 'questions' are only being asked by some 4th floor cubicle pilots looking to move up into the Senior VP of Sick Leave Monitoring job. They get stock grants too you know, and nobody on the 4th floor is working on Christmas or Thanksgiving!

 

Serious question, but when a pilot takes a job on the 4th floor and becomes a 'management pilot', do they remain an active Alpa member? Seems like a conflict of interest in certain scenarios like the one above.