There are three instances in which the PWA requires a pilot to verify a sickness. Under the provisions of Section 14 F. 3., a pilot is contractually required to verify sickness if:
1. The pilot uses more than 100 hours of Sick Leave that is unverified.
2. The sickness extends to 15 or more consecutive calendar days.
3. Under the provisions of Section 14. F. 4., if the Company has a “good faith basis” reason to question a pilot’s sickness. In this situation, the company must first request the verification; then the pilot is required to submit a verification of a sickness.

If one of the above instances applies to a pilot’s sick leave usage, the pilot does not have the option to not verify. There have been several instances in which a pilot did not call in well after becoming well and has been required to verify because they reached 15 or more consecutive calendar days of sick leave.

REMINDER: Call in well when you are well.

These three instances of required sick event verification are not automatically subject to reimbursement by the Company for the cost of obtaining a doctor’s certificate.

Per PWA Section 14 F. 5., a pilot will be reimbursed reasonable expenses incurred when obtaining a doctor’s certificate that has been requested by his Chief Pilot. If a pilot attempts to provide adequate verification of a sick event through “other proof of illness”, and subsequently the Company requires a doctor’s certificate to verify that sick event, the Company will reimburse the pilot’s expenses incurred in obtaining the doctor’s certificate.

Expenses associated with sick leave verification may be submitted via iCrew.