Originally Posted by
sflpilot
So I guess the cost of this is the responsibility of each individual pilot. What about the people that maybe haven’t flown in years? The really sad part is the airlines will hold this against applicants because it looks bad on paper. Whenever they do hire years down the line from now they will have stacks of applicants who don’t have this on their record.
The FAA needs to CYA. If one of these pilots has an at-fault accident down the line the FAA would get hammered (and likely lose a lawsuit) for allowing questionable credentials to stand.
For airline applicants, you'll need to get some human intervention to get past the computer screen un-penalized. Job fairs, meet-n-greets, or even have your buddy call HR or a CP. This should not be held against pilots once the facts are known, but you will probably have to check a box on the app depending on how they word it.