calling in sick for interview?
02-23-2020 | 10:43 AM
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im as paranoid as anybody, but to think that an airline is checking to see if I called out sick for an interview, AFTER I’ve started indoc is a little far fetched.
02-23-2020 | 11:10 AM
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Most potential employers would prefer that you be honest and honor your commitments to your current employer. A few might prefer that you demonstrate that you want to work for them so badly that you'd do whatever it takes to get to the interview. Try to find out which it is.
Try everything you possibly can, including bribing someone to cover your trip. I would call the recruiter, tell them you're unable to get time off and request another interview date before I'd call in sick
Some companies have been known to ask, and what are you going to say?
If they bother to ask, I'd have to assume that admitting a sick call would be an interview fail.
Can you lie with a straight face? What if they find out somehow... after you have a job offer?
Try everything you possibly can, including bribing someone to cover your trip. I would call the recruiter, tell them you're unable to get time off and request another interview date before I'd call in sick
Some companies have been known to ask, and what are you going to say?
If they bother to ask, I'd have to assume that admitting a sick call would be an interview fail.
Can you lie with a straight face? What if they find out somehow... after you have a job offer?
02-23-2020 | 11:11 AM
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and when you don’t get a CJO from that interview but your current company finds out you were jumpseating and using KCM on your “sick” day..?
02-23-2020 | 12:32 PM
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jumpseating and using KCM when calling out sick is foolish under any circumstance, and most know better than to do that when calling out sick. Whether it’s for an interview or not.
02-23-2020 | 05:04 PM
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Back to the original question: can you not ask your CP for help? If you're in the regionals, then your CP should know that most of their pilots are trying to get out. This is assuming that you've tried to drop, have had the trip posted for trade, have groveled to CS, etc.
02-23-2020 | 06:14 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
02-23-2020 | 06:18 PM
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Don't be afraid to talk to your chief, almost all regional CP's will be cool because they understand they're in the stepping-stone business. The CP may not have the authority to clear your schedule (mine didn't) but they may be able to provide top-cover for a sick call (mine would have if needed).
Tough position to be in. It's too bad that some majors put you in that catch-22.
02-24-2020 | 12:17 AM
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You have bigger things to worry about, if the company is looking that deep with your sick calls. It's not worth their time to investigate every sick calls, unless they are building a case against you.
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