Sick Leave Police
06-04-2017, 01:01 AM
#21
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06-04-2017, 07:34 AM
#23
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So, what would prevent just anyone to use the phone and call in"California sick "? There is nothing that the crew desk has that indicates where you live.
06-04-2017, 09:45 AM
#24
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I'm not sure whether it's available to someone who lives in CA and is based somewhere other than LAX or SFO.
06-04-2017, 01:39 PM
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Do you have to reside in CA? I mean I fly out of SFO and pay CASDI so why not have CA Sick available?
06-04-2017, 04:15 PM
#28
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For all these reasons, this is nothing more than intimidation (aka pilot pushing) and we now have a few thousand new pilots on property that have not seen this show before. (At least not the UA version.)
When sick, don't come to work. Period.
And don't forget, there is pilot contract in force with several decades of "past practice." Can't think of any pilot offhand that has ever experienced serious discipline for one too many sick calls.
When push comes to shove, here's how the conversation goes:
When sick, don't come to work. Period.
And don't forget, there is pilot contract in force with several decades of "past practice." Can't think of any pilot offhand that has ever experienced serious discipline for one too many sick calls.
When push comes to shove, here's how the conversation goes:
Assistant Chief Pilot: We are having this discussion because you've called in sick too many times.
Union Rep: Are you ordering my pilot to fly sick in violation of the FAR's and UAL's FOM?
Assistant Chief Pilot: (stammering) Um...no...of course not.
(end of transcript)
That said, I know one pilot who who made the front page of the paper (back when those were a thing) in a spectacular racing boat accident while "sick." That one was harder to explain. Union Rep: Are you ordering my pilot to fly sick in violation of the FAR's and UAL's FOM?
Assistant Chief Pilot: (stammering) Um...no...of course not.
(end of transcript)
06-04-2017, 08:17 PM
#29
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06-05-2017, 06:56 AM
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