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#711
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Joined APC: Jun 2021
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 655
#712
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,622
"Well I didn't really fail, they just pulled me because I tampered with my medical. Super unfair check airman! Shouldn't have failed me for that. I think he was out to get me. He had a reputation too".
#713
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 3,788
Wouldn’t tampering with a FAA medical be a federal type offense?
#714
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Joined APC: Jun 2021
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 655
Not one LCA I have met knew you could bust for that. But apparently on the APC forums it’s different lol
It wasn’t until a few months later and another 30 or 40 people getting pulled off the line for the same reason that the airline finally put a bulletin out telling everyone to make sure it’s folded and not cut.
Hell my internal rec over at spirit got pulled off a line check too for an Ipad not running the correct iOS version, some people consider that an issue too but he told me the interview team at spirit laughed when he explained it….so there’s that.
#716
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Joined APC: Jun 2019
Posts: 1,279
Actually the LCA was fine with it. He looked at it and gave it back and said let’s go. We got an acars to RTG when we were #3 for T/O. So whoever he sent the info to apparently had an issue. And the FAA representative I spoke to the next day didn’t really see an issue either since I had both half’s.
Not one LCA I have met knew you could bust for that. But apparently on the APC forums it’s different lol
It wasn’t until a few months later and another 30 or 40 people getting pulled off the line for the same reason that the airline finally put a bulletin out telling everyone to make sure it’s folded and not cut.
Hell my internal rec over at spirit got pulled off a line check too for an Ipad not running the correct iOS version, some people consider that an issue too but he told me the interview team at spirit laughed when he explained it….so there’s that.
Not one LCA I have met knew you could bust for that. But apparently on the APC forums it’s different lol
It wasn’t until a few months later and another 30 or 40 people getting pulled off the line for the same reason that the airline finally put a bulletin out telling everyone to make sure it’s folded and not cut.
Hell my internal rec over at spirit got pulled off a line check too for an Ipad not running the correct iOS version, some people consider that an issue too but he told me the interview team at spirit laughed when he explained it….so there’s that.
still in all that long line of normalizing, justifying and making excuses… not once did you say
yeah I messed up.
yeah I learned from it.
#717
Banned
Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 551
Could anyone here comment on training failures. I had an outlier failure on an oral almost 5 years ago. Only one I’ve had in 15 years of being at the airlines. There’s a question on the talent acquisition form that asks if you’ve had anything in the previous 5 years. I’m assuming this is a trigger regarding a call for an interview.
Anyone had experience with this?
Anyone had experience with this?
It all comes out in the background check either way.
The more important thing is how you handle the question in a phone or live interview. It may be an outlier, but the person on the other side of the table doesn’t want to hear how you are a special little snowflake that was the victim of a rogue LCA or caught up in a cut vs fold scandal.
Be honest, everyone has a bad day in the box. I thought I was prepared, but reflecting back on it I could have been better prepared. It stung a bit, but I learned a few things. A good pilot is compelled to evaluate what’s happened, so he can apply what he’s learned. That spin was hell, it would have shook me up. Up there we gotta push it, that’s our j-….
Wait, what were we talking about about again?
#718
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Joined APC: Jun 2021
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 655
I did mess up as I was not in compliance with the FOM. My application explanation states that verbatim as well.
I also took the time to contact several co workers and tell them if your medical is cut it’s not valid and you will bust for it. Get it fixed before you end up like me. I can think of 2 people off the top of my head who needed new medicals.
I learned greatly. It sure as hell won’t happen again. Do I take extra caution with just about everything I do now? Absolutely!
Yet, do I think it should make me unhireable? No I don’t.
Again, sorry for coming off a certain way. It’s just I know how important it is to get out of regionals real soon if there is to be any long term seniority down the road. Frustrations mount and can get overwhelming at times.
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#719
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Joined APC: Oct 2015
Position: Gear slinger
Posts: 2,974
I apologize for that. I thought I had said that months earlier but I may not have.
I did mess up as I was not in compliance with the FOM. My application explanation states that verbatim as well.
I also took the time to contact several co workers and tell them if your medical is cut it’s not valid and you will bust for it. Get it fixed before you end up like me. I can think of 2 people off the top of my head who needed new medicals.
I learned greatly. It sure as hell won’t happen again. Do I take extra caution with just about everything I do now? Absolutely!
Yet, do I think it should make me unhireable? No I don’t.
Again, sorry for coming off a certain way. It’s just I know how important it is to get out of regionals real soon if there is to be any long term seniority down the road. Frustrations mount and can get overwhelming at times.
I did mess up as I was not in compliance with the FOM. My application explanation states that verbatim as well.
I also took the time to contact several co workers and tell them if your medical is cut it’s not valid and you will bust for it. Get it fixed before you end up like me. I can think of 2 people off the top of my head who needed new medicals.
I learned greatly. It sure as hell won’t happen again. Do I take extra caution with just about everything I do now? Absolutely!
Yet, do I think it should make me unhireable? No I don’t.
Again, sorry for coming off a certain way. It’s just I know how important it is to get out of regionals real soon if there is to be any long term seniority down the road. Frustrations mount and can get overwhelming at times.
#720
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Joined APC: Jun 2021
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 655
Its the plan. I inquired about the DfW event that happened this month but was full. They just told me to follow LinkedIn for more updates regarding future events.
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