BACKGROUND check at Skywest
#12
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2008
Posts: 384
Can't speak specifically about SKW but airline backgrounds are a joke. A simple FBI isn't going to show anything. I wouldn't worry unless you were convicted for something that they may not like(DUI, murder, running around naked in the woods, etc.)
Now go through a LEO background and that will make your head spin. And they have to do a psych interview to boot(maybe something the airlines should consider, albe they won't).
Now go through a LEO background and that will make your head spin. And they have to do a psych interview to boot(maybe something the airlines should consider, albe they won't).
#15
Can't speak specifically about SKW but airline backgrounds are a joke. A simple FBI isn't going to show anything. I wouldn't worry unless you were convicted for something that they may not like(DUI, murder, running around naked in the woods, etc.)
Now go through a LEO background and that will make your head spin. And they have to do a psych interview to boot(maybe something the airlines should consider, albe they won't).
Now go through a LEO background and that will make your head spin. And they have to do a psych interview to boot(maybe something the airlines should consider, albe they won't).
#16
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Joined APC: Apr 2009
Position: Courtroom
Posts: 177
Can't speak specifically about SKW but airline backgrounds are a joke. A simple FBI isn't going to show anything. I wouldn't worry unless you were convicted for something that they may not like(DUI, murder, running around naked in the woods, etc.)
Now go through a LEO background and that will make your head spin. And they have to do a psych interview to boot(maybe something the airlines should consider, albe they won't).
Now go through a LEO background and that will make your head spin. And they have to do a psych interview to boot(maybe something the airlines should consider, albe they won't).
I would hope the airlines never do this crap.
Example Questions: (yes or no)
I hate my mother
Flowers make me happy sometimes
Much of the time my head seems to hurt all over
I have often wished I were a girl. (Or if you are a girl) I have never been sorry that I am a girl
Everything is turning out just like the prophets of the Bible said it would
I hardly ever feel pain in the back of the neck
I have a cough most of the time
If people had not had it in for me I would have been much more successful
I used to like drop-the-handkerchief
I have had no difficulty in starting or holding my bowel movement
.....just an example of some.
#17
It's very sad, if true, that management and recruitment spend time and money snooping around these boards and Facebook profiles of their pilots and flight attendants who have sacrificed everything, including financial security and family relationships, to be part of this industry.
It would seem that the sole purpose of announcing that this practice takes place to groundschool students seems to only promote intimidation amongst new hires and those who strive to join the ranks of professional aviation.
It will be very sweet to see this arrogance backfire.
The fact is, web logs like this didn't exist ten or fifteen years ago, and now young folks planning their career choices can see the truth as spoken by the people who actually work. Commercial pilot practical checkride applicants are down nearly 75% from 10 years ago.
So, I say to those who snoop for management.
Profile this.......
#18
That sounds a little fishy. They most likely do watch this board, but it would be nearly impossible to match a particular APC member to a real person without police power of records subpoena. That only means to me that one would have to assume that a certain APC member is who they think it is. And to take action that might jeopardize a pilot's career on an assumption sounds like a legal bear trap. I'm sure the lawyers in HQ have thought this one thru.
Also, doesn't one have to "friend" another on Facebook to allow them into their page?
Also, doesn't one have to "friend" another on Facebook to allow them into their page?
#19
That sounds a little fishy. They most likely do watch this board, but it would be nearly impossible to match a particular APC member to a real person without police power of records subpoena. That only means to me that one would have to assume that a certain APC member is who they think it is. And to take action that might jeopardize a pilot's career on an assumption sounds like a legal bear trap. I'm sure the lawyers in HQ have thought this one thru.
Also, doesn't one have to "friend" another on Facebook to allow them into their page?
Also, doesn't one have to "friend" another on Facebook to allow them into their page?
But managers and recruiters do check out the forums, mostly just to see what's going on in the business, and if somebody says "I'm interviewing next week", and then discusses some stupid background issue you can bet they're going to connect the dots if the person gives up much info about themselves.
An applicant who is discussing how to hide his criminal past or his checkride failures who is not very carefully about personally identifying info will get figured out. Remember, they can view your entire posting history...there's probably enough info there to match your forum posts to your resume.
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