I would say our sick calls are much higher than they've been in the past. It's primarily due to the over-staffing of the station. We have people calling in sick who are justifying it by saying, "Hey, at least I'll get paid 8 hours for the day". That's what happens when management backs up start times and expects people to take long breaks on light days. It hasn't hurt our service but that's only because the PT's have agreed to pick-up the slack.