Airline Pilot Attendance Policy

[viper548]

I've been sick/taken E leave 11 days in the last year.. 4 different occasions(two sinus explosions, 1 flu and one funeral).. per the reliability report the company average is 4.8 days. My sick/emergency leave bar is big and red and more than double the average and nobody has batted an eye so far.. I guess next time I call in sick they may ask for a doctors note.. I was thinking of just wandering up to the CPs office and blowing on my hanky.. takes just as much time as going to the doctor, but I dont have to wait 2 weeks for an appointment or fund the co-pay

I'll see if I can't single handedly raise the company avg. I broke my ankle and will be out for about 4 months.

 

[vtwo]

I agree Sick time is a negotiated benefit. The union traded something to the company for sick time. If you need to use your negotiated benefit then use it.
One persons Idea of being sick is not the same as anothers.

It is a benefit to be used. if you are out of sicktime and still need it then your outta luck.

Those that save sicktime un till they retire and then brag." i haven't used a sickday in 27 years"
Well shame on you for getting others sick. or your one healthy sun of a gun.
Bottom line is it is your benefit. like vacationpay, 401k, or pensions.

 

[TonyC]

Arbitrarily calling out sick 4 or more times in one year is hard to defend.

Oh, you are so right. Illnesses must be scheduled at least 180 days in advance, and they may never number more than 3 per year, and they should never last more than 48 hours. Anyone that cannot conform to such a rigorous discipline of becoming sick has no business in this business. Having an illness at an arbitrary time is completely unprofessional.

Train your viruses, and whip those infections into shape. Quarantine yourself from your loved ones, if necessary, for the ultimate god of our being is The Company. We will have no sniffle before it's time.



Hey, fletch. When's your next cold scheduled?








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[ivauir]

A couple of thoughts:

- At SWA we have no sick leave policy for the pilots. Other groups do have a policy, but I guess that pilot's attendance is reliable enough without it.
- SWAPA has a charity fund to help folks who run out of sick trips.
- When I flew for the military I rarely got sick, now it seams like every spring my sinuses explode. I don't think it is our families (I had little kids in the military, bigger kids now) I think it is our jobs. We get exposed to incredible things in our travels and some of those things are viral.
- I make every effort to stay healthy, but I don't fly if I am even a little under the weather. Our jobs are too important

Good luck reversing/fighting this policy. I think it stinks.

 

[LoveGun]

Thanks for the input. ALPA is actually backing us on this one and we're getting some funding to fight the company. Watch for us in the papers.