Hey y'all



Just trying to figure out if other airlines have the ability to check to see how many sick calls a particular pilot has called into his/hers company during their stay at that regional. I've called in sick three times in this last year which were all legitimate sick calls. However, my company has completely merciless junior-man policies in their CBA ( been junior assigned at the end of almost every trip for the last 4 months ) and I'm worried I will get ACARS and miss my family reunion. I have it scheduled off as of now but if they do try to junior me and I call in sick I fear it may tarnish my attendance record. Is this something that other potential employers can clearly see?


Thanks

 

What airline? I worked at a crappy regional that would pull this too, but there were other options to us other than calling in sick. Simply saying, "I would love to do this extra flying, but I planned on getting home tonight and my babysitter is busy."

 

I'd rather not say. It might rhyme with Lambs Steaks. I hear a lot of people like to water-ski in august.

 

No, outside of PRIA a different airline is not going to be able to see your employment records and an HR rep contacting your current employer will only verify employment dates.

 

Pria shows sick calls?

 

Heard Trans States and Air Wisconsin have been junior manning a lot this summer.

 

Make yourself illegal, work 6 days prior to the days you need off.

 

No.

Sick calls/reliability is *probably* only going to be visible to a major if your regional is owned by that major or has flow (or possibly some sort of preferential interview arrangement).

One exception: PRIA does not normally show discipline related to NON-FLYING issues, such as reliability, haircut, shave, etc. But if you get fired for anything, I believe PRIA can show the cause (ie "reliability" in the case of sick calls).


Fundamentally there is nothing illegal about sharing such info if there is a business relationship where that was agreed to (ie flow/pref interview). If the union agreed to it, than it's 100% legal.

If there's no such relationship, then any professional organization with an HR dept. (such as a 121 regional) would be on very thin legal ice sharing any sort of personal info other than dates of employment and re-hire eligibility. Note that mom-and-pop 91/135 will not necessarily be very professional, and if you pizz them off they might well burn you to the ground on any reference call... consequences be damned.

But regarding the family re-union... three sick calls in less than a year is "probably" the threshold for additional scrutiny at "most" regionals.
If you call in again and you're not actually sick they might start looking at your non-rev, KCM, and jumpseat history. I would also try really hard not wind up on anybody's facebook or really in any photos that show you not sick. Your degree of paranoia should depend on what you know about your employer's past behavior.

 

junior manning, huh?

And people still like to condemn Mesa.


Call out fatigued. That's different than sick.

 

Might not work. They *might* let you go on vacation. Or they might just send you to a hotel for ten hours, and then put you back on duty.