Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
The FAA only cares if you falsify records that have to do with getting ratings or logging currency (or your medical).
You can lie on an application all day long and the FAA does have the right to care - it is private industry. Lying on an application only matters to the company to which you are applying. Oh yeah.....there is that BS about ‘good moral character’ and holding an ATP; but heck....think of the pilot shortage there would be if every pilot that lied about something aviation related (think fishing stories!) had their ATP revoked. In any case - the FAA has nothing to do with this pilot lying or misrepresentingvhimself on an application to any airline.
In our case (one of the ‘more respected regionals‘) the guy didn’t lie, it was just missed. He never claimed to have a multi, he thought that was just part of the program. A sim instructor discovered the error somewhere in training. Someone with more info than me mentioned it should be more of an embarrassment to the hiring process than a reflection on the kid. Many people missed it during several steps in the process.
Even the libertarian capitalist in me says the FAA should have some anonymous info to audit the airline and protect the public.