Same deal with sickness for pilots. If you go sick then you are classed as sick until you return, even if you weren't rostered any duties. Yet we still manage to be sick half as often as crew, even with more stringent medical requirements. I defy anyone to claim there is not a culture of 'sickies' amongst BA cabin crew. I know it. You know it. Every CC in BA knows somebody who does it, often on a regular basis. The question is how to tackle. EG300 is a blunt and ill-conceived tool, but tackle that culture they must.