Originally Posted by Albief15

I'm thinking anyone who will burn a 10 year stamp for you is someone you can trust. No sure how I would feel burning that stamp for someone then getting a "well...I need to see some PROOF" from the person. That, uh...might not go so well for the person I considered sponsoring. Personally, I have always sent a copy of my LOR for a person to see.

A few years ago I had a person...employed at another airline at time on mil leave ask me for an LOR. I told them I'd be glad to give it...once they were 6 months or so from finishing their orders out and "in the cue". He wanted it THEN, even though it was 24 months before he was available. Since we were told at the time that our recs were sort of divided up in value by the number of recs we had on file, I wanted to focus on the 2-3 guys I knew who needed jobs right then. I felt a little pushed when I got the "dude...where's my LOR?..." email. Now--I'm a pretty mellow guy at heart, and I understand the guy had his own stress going on, so I explained the situation and told him to contact me 6 months out. Instead, he went back to his old airline a while back when things improved significantly there. Meanwhile, my other 2 guys are both new hires here now. So--in my mind--I made the right call.

Point is tread lightly. Folks are glad to help you...but its still a courtesy and not a requirement.