Doctor's Notes for Sick Use
 

Delta guy here trying to understand how other carriers do sick time verification. Do y'all's carriers require Dr. or QHCP notes if you use sick time under any circumstances? If so, when can they be required?

Thank you!

SWA…nope. You may get a “wellness check” phone call if you have consecutive sick calls…green on green we call it.

Sick verification form required at AA if you are out more than 14 consecutive days.

Lol "Yes my Dr is in Italy. I don't see a problem with that".

Wellness check calls from chiefs occasionally if you are egregiously abusing it at WN but they are no big deal imo. What can they do? I’ve never gotten one, even with a green on green call. SWA is a little different tho because this place functions on greed and extra hustle I think more so than other places. What other pilot groups consider running hot is normal here. High sick calls are costly but don’t affect reliability generally because of how many greedy high time hustlers we have.

f9 sec 14 which is sick. 14.d.4. Return to work.
“The company retains the right to request that a pilot who is absent due to illness or injury furnish the company with a physician’s certificate, describing the medical condition that resulted in the pilots absence. This request shall only be made when there is a reasonable basis to question the pilots absence.”
That turned into a practice argument where it’s never really questioned outside of a few different circumstances. Think patterns (every other Tues, every holiday, ect…)

f9 sec 13 which is leave of absence. Not to be confused with sec 14 sick has similar language but starts to force management to pay for medical expenses and time off if they want to question a physician note.
The intent is to prevent another German wings scenario when a pilots is returning from an issue where they have been out of communication with the company for a longer period of time. I believe most alpa carriers have similar language because it’s driven by insurance companies.

So D is requiring a note for every sick call?

If I get to the point where I need a doctors note I’ll be on STD or LTD.

Seems to be a little varied between the chief’s offices at WN. There’s an assistant in BNA who is apparently getting aggressive about sick calls but he can feel free to leave a message.

I feel the company is going to try and crack down on it (they are subtly doing things like removing the sick time display when we view someone’s schedule for example).

This isn’t legal in every state.

He’s an assistant??? Since when do ACPs send out base newsletters?