Discretion for me has always been a consensus thing. Decision is made for the reason Curtain mentioned, for the benefit of the crew not the beanies.
First 20 years, never a sick day. I now have no compunction in using CC to push back against rostering and have yet to be carded.
I think we all need to chill a bit and let nature take its course. There will always be the slippery pole climbers. Frankly the more of them that get into mgt positions in fltops the quicker this mess will be resolved.
Like many of the old-timers who have been in C&T, me thunks that is not where our focus should be. I think it is fair to say a majority do it for altruistic reasons and do not believe it is facilitating our own demise but more to save on body bags.
Focus on the main game which is proving current management is incapable of crewing the current fleet and schedule with competent crews.