Hello Peterlike
SO how does that work, anyone who was sick over the period was considered a striker and would suffer the consequences. And taking leave in such a short time would be pretty impossible and not be agreed to as it would be "all hands to the pump"
Always try to speak the truth and will try to throw a bit of light on this. As a CSD one needs to instantly know the choc times, overtime payable, allowances in EBB, relevant box payment, who won the 2.00 at Sandown Park, next flight to Barcelona and the meaning of life, this one is relatively simple.
Short term sickness up to 7 days is self certified.
For longer than 7 days then a doctors certificate is needed to cover the period of the sickness.
If the problem is likely to result in the absence being for a longer term then you go into a company sickness management program. The purpose is to assess your needs and manage your path back to flying. If that is not going to be an immediate option, then find something that you can do within the company or in the worse case, retirement due ill health.
To my certain knowledge a number of the BASSA reps were in the sickness management program when the strike was called and would automatically be classed as taking action on Day 1 of the strike.
Why so harsh? The last industrial action saw a large number of crew going sick in the run up to the first strike day, some presumably to avoid the action . The decision to treat all persons "sick" on strike days as taking strike action was designed to deter that course of action.
All persons currently classed as strikers because they were registered as sick on any or all of the strike days will have their cases reviewed by their manager. You merely have to explain your sickness and if you have a doctors certificate then that adds more credence to your argument but not essential for less than 7 days sickness. Clearly staff long term sick would already be in a sickness management program and they will be confirmed as genuinely sick and their status will be confirmed as a non-striker and their staff travel not removed.
Would anybody care to dispute any of the above?