hey sign it to your room - That system was dropped after a GREAT deal of fighting by the VACCC as it was known in those days, the reason being was because sometimes people are genuinely sick!!!!!!! So why should they be punished for having to go sick because of those who do it just for the sake of it and because they 'can'?? You have a stinking cold and can't fly and end up having your roster swiped and then go on standby, so what happens, people end up flying when they're not well and everybody ends up catching the cold or they are left downroute and cant fly home!!
As was said earlier, if the company paid decent trip allowance and route pay, then people wouldn't go sick so readily. What is the deterrant for someone to not go sick for an India flight, for £60!!! It costs some people that in petrol for a round trip to/from the airport!!
In days of old it was RARE for people to go sick for a nrt, I wonder why that was???