Twice a year, we have an outside party (your AME) determine whether we are medically qualified to perform our job. The rest of the year, THE INDIVIDUAL PILOT is responsible for this judgement.

Do not impugn my integrity or judgement if I choose to call in sick for something that isn't easily verified. I don't run to the MD when I have a cold (which, by the way, takes 10-15 days to run it's course), but I sure as hell won't show up to work like Typhoid Mary and expose my co-workers to my crud. Every time I hear some knucklehead say with pride in his voice, "I haven't called in sick for 15 years!", it drives me nuts.

You trust my judgement when I sign for a jet and take a plane-load of people into the Wild Blue. Why not extend that trust to my use of a negotiated benefit? The company is making this out to be a pilot integrity issue. That is a smokescreen, IMHO. This is a blatant attempt to cut costs through a concession that we shouldn't have to deal with. It is a safety of flight and a quality of life issue that should have been fought for by DALPA.

Rocky please consider attending a roadshow. Not for your learning opportunity, but for others. You probably remember from 2012 there's a lot of uniformed or undecided voters that catch parts of a road show between legs or before sign-in.

Use your vocality and knowledge of the issues at hand to benefit the profession. The company/union (yes I use those interchangeably) counts on the undecided voter being swayed on $'s alone and not on the big picture.


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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"The new sick leave is only about changing the 100 hour requirement to a days missed requirement" - simply not true! Please educate yourself better on the TA before making statements like this.

The reduction of unverified sick leave from 100 hours to 15 day/80ish hours is only part of the change - and minor in my opinion.

Much more punitive is the removal of the ability to voluntarily verify a sick occurrence as specified in section 14.F.2 of the current PWA and preserve your unverified sick leave for minor issues, like colds. This means any sick occurrence, such as a sprained ankle, hernia procedure, etc. will count against your 15 days - you can't voluntarily verify it under this TA.

The loss of the ability to voluntarily verify will undoubtedly result in many more pilots exhausting their "unverified" sick leave than under the current PWA. Any subsequent minor illness in the next 365 days, like a cold, will require you to get a doctor's note - punitive in my opinion.

I've heard stories of certain categories having 25 percent of the pilots sick on almost any given day. I've heard other stories of pilots using all 270 hours sick leave every year, and it's all "verified." If that is true, and if the company wants to go after that, have at it - just don't penalize the rest of us.

Carl,

I couldn't find it in the contract TA, either. The look back restriction language is supposed to be in an yet to be written, reviewed or seen MOU. This is according to one of my reps. They said it was still being drafted.

Don't trust, you must verify.

Sorry to break up the contract talk with a FNG question...

I'm on short call in ATL today, but got an Out of Base GS call for tomorrow. I'm supposed to be on LC tomorrow, does that GS count as actual credit or does it build on top of my reserve guarantee? Right now it shows in iCrew as Act Credit. Also payback days?

Thanks for the wealth of knowledge!
FlyGuy

Your time card tells the tale. You'll get pay above guarantee on your X days and your X days paid back.

I read on another forum/FB page a piece by a delta pilot who runs a medical consulting practice. He explained the new sick policy thus: DHC is like a disability board or an HMO (my words). Their sole purpose is to CUT COSTS TO THE COMPANY! Anyone who has an HMO will understand...

Hey FTB. How bout using those mad photoshop skills to do a Hitler reads the new TA video?

Wow. Look at the avalanche of c12 yes voters who are now a militant "no. "

We might be able to pull this off!