Originally Posted by
Zapata
It doesn't matter if the check is more thorough. Like you said, it needs to be updated and pilots with previous jobs that involved high security clearances are no different and definitely not infallible.
Any new-hire at an airline should go through the background checks....no matter how thorough their past checks. Like I said, when it comes to brass tacks, it is no different from the military.
The end result is not, but the method is...as you just admitted. That was my only point...like
I said. I simply disagreed with your assertion that the checks are no different in the military...you have no idea what a military background check involves. I have been through both processes. We are held to a higher standard during military background checks...necessarily so when dealing with heavily-armed aircraft. This isn't a mil vs. civ contest...it's just reality. We may not be infallible, but if we screw up with nukes the "brass tacks" results are off the scale in disaster potential.
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