Reporter advises air carrier policy pressures pilots to violate far's by flying while ill.

Attributes
ACN	579685
Time
Date	200304
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	579685
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

I read today about the company's policy that if a potential furloughee calls in sick, that person loses the furloughee pass privileges. As a potential furloughee, I feel that the company is trying to coerce me and others to violate far 61.53 and far 63.19 by not calling in sick while really sick.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR ADVISES ACR POLICY PRESSURES PLTS TO VIOLATE FAR'S BY FLYING WHILE ILL.

Narrative: I READ TODAY ABOUT THE COMPANY'S POLICY THAT IF A POTENTIAL FURLOUGHEE CALLS IN SICK, THAT PERSON LOSES THE FURLOUGHEE PASS PRIVILEGES. AS A POTENTIAL FURLOUGHEE, I FEEL THAT THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO COERCE ME AND OTHERS TO VIOLATE FAR 61.53 AND FAR 63.19 BY NOT CALLING IN SICK WHILE REALLY SICK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.