Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Physiological - Other
Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy
No. 3 F/A (Flight Attendant) was obviously sick and flying so she wouldn't lose her extra reward pay for the holiday period. She was coughing and taking cough drops. The No. 3 F/A was at the front of the cabin and greeting passengers and in close proximity and inside the flight deck periodically. Subsequently I was notified that the First Officer tested positive for Covid 19 and I am awaiting a PCR test result.Company Management made the decision to encourage flight attendants to fly while sick by providing them extra pay for NOT calling in sick over the holiday period.Company Management made a serious error in judgement by rewarding flight attendants for NOT calling in sick during a pandemic. These managers should consider all the consequences of their policies and procedures PRIOR to implementing them.
Pilot reported airline policy about Flight Attendants that were asked to work while sick.