There is quite a bit more to this story than what was written in the press.
Us Airways furloughed around 430 Pilots the day following the so called "sickout" with 400 more to follow in January.
I was on duty on Dec. 1st and there were several pages of open 3 and 4 day trips starting on Saturday, so with a furlough coming the next day many of the soon to be out of work Pilots could not fly these trips.
Granted there were an above normal amount of sickcalls, but many Pilots felt they were to stressed to go out and fly, due to worries how they will be able to feed their families in the near future.
US Airways managment has always run this Airline by understaffing, and that combined with its callous regard for it's employees has created this situation. Management has refused to negotiate with the unions to mitigate some of these furloughs and some of their actions over the last few months are enough to make you sick.
Me and every US Airways employee want this airline to survive and prosper, but the blame for the terrible morale and poor corporate culture falls squarely on Mr Wolf's shoulders.