Originally Posted by JohnBurke

Inflating his resume with experience he didn't have. He wasn't a qualified airline pilot (wasn't really qualified to open a can of beans, really). Falsified experience.

I found an assistant chief pilot at a 135 operation many years ago who claimed all kinds of experience. I happened into an FBO-flight school and on the wall were solo pictures for students...this guy's pictures were there from a year before.

PRIA exists because until that time, pilots were frequently not entirely forthcoming about their past.

It used to be that to get a FAA signoff to take the written test for the ATP required a review of logbooks and flying history by the FAA, and employers wanted to see the written taken or at least the endorsement to take the written, because it represented the FAA having vetted the pilot's experience.

That's no longer the case.