JamieM:
No
No
and
No
to each of your points.
My post was in regard to pilot professionalism.
I am an airline pilot and my view is that pilots who approach their job with that approach are totally unprofessional.
Generous Sick leave provisions are for when the pilot is sick/ unfit/ doesn’t meet the required medical standard. Pilots have medical issues which prevent them from going piloting. Ground wallers can go to the office with the same afflictions.
Sick leave is not to pursue an industrial agenda. There are other avenues for that.
This is an old IR ploy - appealing to your “professionalism” which translates into accepting lower pay and conditions, because “professionals “ don’t fight for their rights because it’s not, well, professional.
I have news for you. When did you last see, professionals - lawyers, doctors etc. take a pay cut? The AMA, the bar association, etc. fight just as hard as the CFMEU for their members, only you don’t get to see it.