When you call in sick at your company...

Seggy said:
Speaking of SKYW CPs I heard one hired 'handwriting experts' to get a guy who wrote bad stuff about him in the bathroom and used these 'handwriting experts' to compare them to signed flight release forms to get the guy fired.

These 'handwriting experts' were HS friends of his son. Any truth to this?

SKYWEST=ALPA
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This case apparently has a deep background with varying stories depending on the many 'sources' who know what happened. The ol' boys club had something to do with this methinks.
 
bike21 said:
This case apparently has a deep background with varying stories depending on the many 'sources' who know what happened. The ol' boys club had something to do with this methinks.
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The story is true. The pilot took it to court and won hands down. SkyWest looked pretty stupid in court, actually.
 
What ever happened with the story of the guy who was fired after he took another employee to small claims court?
 
bike21 said:
Yep, I hear ya Steve. The good news that there is a manual and if we as pilots know it, we can't get pushed around.

Still, a full on contract would cause much fewer headaches :)
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True. IMO, a pilot manual without some kind of recourse behind it is a lot like the "Pirate Code." It's more of a "guideline." :)
 
Kristie said:
Don't you mean a decent CONTRACT would solve all the issues (with ALPA getting in at the last minute IF needed)?
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Yep a decent CONTRACT with ALPA representation would solve these issues! That is what I meant to say!
 
Kellwolf,

i LOVE jury duty!!! Dont have to commute in, sit at home, and i get paid!! how awesome is that. I had jury duty for a week last year. I strategically postponed my jury duty over the week of 4 highspeeds.

You just have to bring in your letter and fill out a Leave form, and its a non-issue. I hope i get summoned again this year. I wonder if i can call and volunteer for that stuff. HAHA
 
kellwolf said:
True. IMO, a pilot manual without some kind of recourse behind it is a lot like the "Pirate Code." It's more of a "guideline." :)
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That's absolutely true.

They played that game at my last company all the darned time.

'But the PPM (policies and procedures manual) says XYZ"

And in the words of the chief pilot:

"Those are just rough guidelines. When the sh** hits the fan, we're going to do what we have to do."

The problem is, is that the sh** hits the fan on a daily basis in the part-121 scheduled passenger airline business.

I'll take an enforceable contract over a handshake and a empty promise any day.
 
Doug Taylor said:
"Those are just rough guidelines. When the sh** hits the fan, we're going to do what we have to do."

The problem is, is that the sh** hits the fan on a daily basis in the part-121 scheduled passenger airline business.
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Yeah, management wanted/wants something in the contract that would allow them to have line holders sitting at the airport after they're supposed to be finished for up to 5 hours "just in case" during IROP (irregular ops). Nevermind the fact that IROP is pretty much EVERY day here and at most 121 carriers. I don't think I've ever seen a day where every flight went off like clockwork. Honestly, I'd so okay, BUT for those 5 hours I'm sitting around, I want FULL flight pay. That would make them think twice about invoking the procedure. If the most we get is $1.40 an hour per diem, you can bet they'll do it on a daily basis. If it's gonna cost them $70 a crew per hour min to have us sit and do nothing, then they'll think about it.
 
During my tenure at Skywest I called in sick more for my wife and kids than for myself. Once or twice if it was going to be more than a couple days, CS said to call my CP. Voice mail. During my first year, my son had some seizures and was in the hospital. I called in sick/emergency. Talked to my chief pilot and he said, "take care of your family, Skywest will survive without you." One time I called in sick to take care of my family while my wife was sick, CS had to get MOD approval (must have been short staffed or something). Got approval, no questions asked.

Interesting, it seems that I worked for a different Skywest than everyone else. Never got screwed by scheduling, my only incident only required a call to the MOD and an IOR, no carpet dance in front of the chief pilot ($15k winglet-meets-jetway in windstorm because I left the parking break off). Most of my vacation requests were granted. Of course, I was, after all, a company man. silly pilot. . .

Had to call in "sick" a couple weeks ago here at Alaska. My daughter was up at 2am with an ear infection. There was no way I was going to be able to function at my 5am show. Called Scheduling, no questions asked and I stayed home. I don't think I've even my my chief pilot. . . met his fill-in and most likely successor. I think I'll lay low for another six months. (WOW, can you believe it's been SIX months?!?)
 
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