correct...no penalty, no sick leave used, no certificate required. There is a clause somewhere in the EBA that says the company 'may' require a certificate for R, AV, BL days, but they have to provide notice or something. Ive never been asked for one.
There are some crew known to scheduling who go sick on every reserve. Just treat it as an additional 3 days off.
With the company having more access to AV days now, i have no doubt that sickness on reserves will skyrocket. Since the agreed coverage has increased, Reserves will now go further up the rotation. After a short period, people will get fed up of getting pinged every AV day, and R coverage will be even less than it was before.
The only positive in this EBA is the inclusion of parts of the integration agreement.