Great Lakes Terminates 'Sickout' Pilots

United Express Great Lakes took swift action last week when an inordinate number of its pilots called in sick. It fired them. Dick Fontaine, the Spencer, Iowa-based carrier's senior VP-marketing, said 48 or 49 pilots, "an unusually high number, "called in sick Oct. 15. The daily average is about...

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