Here are a couple of interesting links regarding punitive sick policies:
http://www.teamster.org/content/punitive-attendance-policies-regional-air-carriers
http://www.buffalonews.com/2009/09/05/786380/colgan-pilots-say-many-felt-pressure.html
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/new...sRaisedBeforeCongressionalPanel_201201-1.html
The following is a quote from John Prater (ALPA) to the Subcommittee on Aviation:
"To underscore the final conclusion, we would note with some irony that the media has recently reported on the onerous sick leave and fatigue policies at Colgan Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines and their parent company Pinnacle Corporation. Despite the NTSB hearings earlier this year which confirmed Colgan’s adverse behavior in this regard, our members confirm that those companies continue to take a hard line with pilots who call in too sick or too fatigued to fly. In fact, approximately one-third of Pinnacle pilots are reprimanded for sick leave and fatigue-related absences annually. This demonstrates the fallacies in Colgan and Pinnacle staffing and scheduling practices and shows how archaic flight/duty regulations are which allow these unsafe practices to exist. Mainline management often refuses to intervene with the onerous practices of these so-called private vendors, despite the fact that they book their passengers on them and have their liveries painted on the regional airline’s aircraft."
http://www.teamster.org/content/punitive-attendance-policies-regional-air-carriers
http://www.buffalonews.com/2009/09/05/786380/colgan-pilots-say-many-felt-pressure.html
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/new...sRaisedBeforeCongressionalPanel_201201-1.html
The following is a quote from John Prater (ALPA) to the Subcommittee on Aviation:
"To underscore the final conclusion, we would note with some irony that the media has recently reported on the onerous sick leave and fatigue policies at Colgan Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines and their parent company Pinnacle Corporation. Despite the NTSB hearings earlier this year which confirmed Colgan’s adverse behavior in this regard, our members confirm that those companies continue to take a hard line with pilots who call in too sick or too fatigued to fly. In fact, approximately one-third of Pinnacle pilots are reprimanded for sick leave and fatigue-related absences annually. This demonstrates the fallacies in Colgan and Pinnacle staffing and scheduling practices and shows how archaic flight/duty regulations are which allow these unsafe practices to exist. Mainline management often refuses to intervene with the onerous practices of these so-called private vendors, despite the fact that they book their passengers on them and have their liveries painted on the regional airline’s aircraft."
