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Feb 20, 2011, 5:04 PM

missylynn

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: somewhere up there

Posts: 10

I totally agree with you Judge. One thing that people dont think about with Pilots and Flight Attedndants is that they may not see thier home base until the end of their trip. She may have felt fine when she reported but some illinesses come on quickly. It is better to be replaced at her base where there are reserve flight attendants than at a city where there is no reserves. People get sick. Plain and simple.

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