Sickness? Sickness? What's that?
Eastern don't plan for sickness, that would involve more crews.
You have seen those tv adverts where the poor old donkey is struggling to carry the heavy load, it is tired and abused, well that could be the same advert for eastern crews. Just because your ill doesn't mean you are left alone by crewing, they will still call you every day to see when you are coming back.
When an aircraft or a pilot or cabin crew breaks down everything goes to pot.
Still things can only get better when the chief donkey whipper leaves, can't be long now.