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Old 02-28-2015, 05:20 PM
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So I found out today that one reference I had on my app to UAL was a SCAB in 83 and is on an ALPA list. Would this put a black mark on my app? I had no idea as I am a 91 guy and have never been involved in these things. Any ideas on how to handle this?

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WoW.......never even heard of such a thing.......good luck.
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Ya, take it off.
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Take it off. I had the same thing happen, I suspect it would be viewed as poor SA by any non-scab pilot interviewer/reviewer.
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Take it off. I had the same thing happen, I suspect it would be viewed as poor SA by any non-scab pilot interviewer/reviewer.
At the very least.
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Who exactly looks at the names on the recommendations? And if they didn't recognize a name as a scab, do they have the list with them in the interview? (Unless they have the list memorized)
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Who exactly looks at the names on the recommendations? And if they didn't recognize a name as a scab, do they have the list with them in the interview? (Unless they have the list memorized)
Date of hire is normally a good indication...
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So everyone hired in the '83-'85 timeframe were to replace the folks that were on strike at the time? I'm in the same boat as LibertyPilot. I'm not a GA guy, but I've never really dealt with the scab thing before.
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So everyone hired in the '83-'85 timeframe were to replace the folks that were on strike at the time? I'm in the same boat as LibertyPilot. I'm not a GA guy, but I've never really dealt with the scab thing before.
Yes aka a scab, I know one as well but I don't want a letter from him for fear of the person on the other side. I discovered it a few years after I met him. Disappointing.

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Who exactly looks at the names on the recommendations? And if they didn't recognize a name as a scab, do they have the list with them in the interview? (Unless they have the list memorized)
If there is a pilot involved in the interview process (there will be) and if he cares (good chance he will, but maybe not) it's trivial to compare any internal recs to the scab list...pretty much everybody in the industry has a copy of the master list that goes back to like pre-WW-II.
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