I think there are certain high risk pilots or pilots with high risk family members that would have jumped on a SIL to avoid exposure just the same as these FAs are now able. Doesn’t seem so dissimilar to me.

Agree, but with the pilot sick leave of 240-270 hrs that is about 4 months at 65 hours. FA sick leave policy is horrible in comparison(don't have specific numbers....someone can chime in)
I'm not falling on my sword over this one way or another, just pointing out some plausible differences. If a pilot is seriously concerned at being high risk....call in sick. In these trying time I don't think that would be abuse.

Who has that kind of sick leave? I bet half the list has less than 200 hours. And what if you already used a bunch of leave?

I guess in a month it’s a moot point.

Again, pilots have come here asking about this exact scenario because their claims were denied and others told them to call in sick. The company apologizers took no time jumping on that idea as “fraud” of the sick system. So you may see it as logical but many do not.

I totally get it.

Therein lies the problem with forums in general and my compulsive need to push back. On one hand, there are esoteric arguments that are extolled from the rarefied air of one's 2nd story den vs the real world on the other.

In the example of the sick leave, yea it may be abuse of "the sick leave policy as written" and if everybody did it Delta would cease to exist. On the other hand, if someone lives with high risk individuals or psychologically can't cope then a real world solution is call in sick.

No matter how one slices and dices, how much we want to compare, pilot sick leave is (in toto) light years ahead of the FA sick leave policy.(even if "half the pilot group doesn't have that much sick leave")

Yep, or in layman’s terms, they’re using Company profits to drive the stock price up (buy backs) while simultaneously offloading their own personal shares for private gain. Corporate America sees a fairly static stock price, but the net effect is that executives are basically funneling company profits into their own bank accounts, laundering it through the stock market. It’s basically a legalized form of embezzlement for executives. I’m not sure why it’s legal, it’s criminal IMHO. Buybacks should either be illegal, or else CEOs, CFOs, COOs, VPs, or any other executive that controls the company’s purse strings should be barred from trading in their own company’s stocks. I’m glad buybacks are illegal in the CARES act, although that’s only for the next six 6 months...

I don’t know, nor do I care what the FA sick leave is. I do care what UAL, AA and other pilots sick leave policies are for negotiation sake.

The point is that we have a LOA that clearly states what is allowed for PILOTS facing illness or in a high risk situation. Keep your deals.

When in a hole, stop digging. The SIL debacle put the company in a goodwill “hole.” Why keep digging? Maybe you could pass that on to Ed. Until then, we have a CONTRACT and intend to keep
our deals.

Ok, I see your point.

BTW, how's the view from your 2nd story den?

Huh???....