McGreaser
Has it occured to you that these guys might genuinly be fatigued or sick??? Therefore only doing their professional duty as per FOM and call in sick???
I very much think that this is the case, as most guys i fly with are fine professionals, only lead by unprofessional managers.
The real danger and the problems comes from the latter, make no mistake. It is NOT the problem of the sick or fatigued as to who will eventually fly their flights or not. If aircraft stay on ground it's the fault of EK!
The fault of pilots only sets in if they went on operating when fatigued or sick and this applies to those on reserve just as much.
We all feel the pinch of fatigue the new shafting of EK puts upon us. No wonder sickness rate increases.
Note: Funny enough to read AS's whinging about captains having to better manage the mess EKs mismanagers are constantly concocting! As tired as we all are, every delay or diversion pushing us into discretion immediatly, it is only human that we couldn't care less about this mess. Yes, we know that the customers expect more from the company and they pay for our service, but we simply run out of energy and motivation to stand in for those who create the mess but take the profit share, leaving us alone with 18.6% school fee increase etc. etc..
It is now only up to them to provide the manpower and eventually the T&Cs to mend the fences.