FMLA part 2

[skywav8r]

Yo Mookie, you know I took 5 weeks off when my rug rat was born while I was at Skywest. FMLA was the easiest vacation I've ever taken. Requested the paperwork and those nice Utah girls did all the rest. The old Milwaukee chief pilot was the king of taking FMLA. Call me if you want to talk to him personally.

hoser

ps, i miss golfing with u and Miss Mirna

 

[Mookie]

Hoser,

Miss ya too bro...and thanks for the information. I'll give you a shout soon.

Mook...

 

[Mike man]

Spirit allows it

 

[lostplnetairman]

Every company in US has to have it. It is a federal law. One of a very few things Bill Clinton done right.

HR Diva here...

Not every company has to have it. If you have less than 50 employees it does not apply. There are many other rules.

And, when Congress wrote the law, they didn't figure employers like Alaska would take the 1,250 hours worked rule literally to claim that airline pilots who could only FLY 1,000 hours per year would not be eligible. The intent of the law was to cover those who regularly worked at least 1/2 time. Surely an airline pilot flying 1,000 hours per year is working full time and Congress intended that person to be covered. Alaska is claiming they are not. They are one of the only airlines that does not offer FMLA to pilots.

And FMLA, while signed by Bill Clinton, was actually an initiative of George Herbert Walker Bush. Either way, it's a good thing.

 

[igneousy2]

I am positive that Island Air out in Hawaii has it spelled out in there contract that the company will give full time pilots FMLA benefits...I seem to remember that American Eagle had similar language in their contract although I am not certain.

Inuit Air does not however, when I had a child born I went into see my Inuit Air DCP and I was told to call out on "Emergency Leave"...I did...I ended up with about eight weeks off (I also used vacation and strategic bidding of days off) I never heard anything from anyone...and I was paid in full for the whole time.

That being said...that was two DCP's ago so attitudes may have changed. Good luck.

 

[Singlecoil]

If anyone is wondering how Alaska treats is pilots, one need look no further than this thread.

 

[Lear70]

At least you got a contract sometime in the last decade...