Narrative:

I was on a six day april 2018 reserve period followed by two days off. I flew an assigned schedule on day one to day five. On day five I had a stomach bug (diarrhea) but decided to fly and finish my assignment. However I called in sick on the morning of day six due to a continued unwell feeling. Both the airline (as per aqp training documentation) and the FAA are clear on the issue of imsafe (illness; medication; stress; alcohol; fatigue; eating): don't fly under any of the imsafe conditions. I self-assessed my health condition as unfit to fly based on an acute occurrence of diarrhea with symptoms of drowsiness and fatigue attributed to the excessive loss of bodily fluids. The deputy chief pilot stated by e-mail that imsafe is: quote 'not a criteria considered in the alpa cba with company or a factor in the hour qualification of sick or medical' and 'not a valid excuse' to not fly. The sic (sick) call was re-categorized to ufw (unavailable for work) in-spite of a doctor's note that subsequently was provided. A request for a face to face meeting to discuss and understand potential wider safety implications and potential systemic companywide safety cultural issues was declined on the basis of: quote 'this is not a pressing matter'.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier pilot reported unable to work due to illness and was re-categorized by the company as 'Unavailable For Work.'

Narrative: I was on a six day April 2018 reserve period followed by two days off. I flew an assigned schedule on day one to day five. On day five I had a stomach bug (diarrhea) but decided to fly and finish my assignment. However I called in sick on the morning of day six due to a continued unwell feeling. Both the Airline (as per AQP training documentation) and the FAA are clear on the issue of IMSAFE (Illness; Medication; Stress; Alcohol; Fatigue; Eating): Don't fly under any of the IMSAFE conditions. I self-assessed my health condition as unfit to fly based on an acute occurrence of diarrhea with symptoms of drowsiness and fatigue attributed to the excessive loss of bodily fluids. The Deputy Chief Pilot stated by e-mail that IMSAFE is: Quote 'Not A Criteria Considered In The ALPA CBA With Company Or A Factor In The HR Qualification Of Sick or Medical' and 'NOT A Valid Excuse' to not fly. The SIC (Sick) call was re-categorized to UFW (Unavailable For Work) in-spite of a doctor's note that subsequently was provided. A request for a face to face meeting to discuss and understand potential wider safety implications and potential systemic companywide safety cultural issues was declined on the basis of: Quote 'This Is Not A Pressing Matter'.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.