Originally Posted by
symbian simian
JB hired A felon, at least that was what the discussion was. And he isn't there anymore, probably because his history came to light. We don't know if HR knew about him and dropped him when it became news, or if he was able to hide it from HR, my guess is option 2. A clean record is something probably 90%+ of airline applicants (should?) have. But "a couple of check ride fails" is definitely something that HR should be interested in, and not in a good way, depending on what/when was failed.
The felony conviction occurred greater than 10 years ago, and supposedly that’s why it slipped through the cracks. When it came to light, he was immediately removed from training. Then he had jetblue on the ropes, because despite being on probation, you still can’t really fire someone without some sort of cause. So, word is he got a huge payout to walk away (ie a couple commas).