Originally Posted by MD11Fr8Dog
Auburn was about to questioned for false info on his application. He took a job with Flying Tigers while still employed with another airline. Flying Tigers fired him when they found out. He eventually gets hired at FedEx. Or course, FedEx buys Flying Tigers. He is known to have a chip on his shoulder at FedEx, is recognized by some Tiger guys, but the eventually gets on Fred Smith's radar by questioning him directly on a call in to some sort of company meeting/pilot meeting. Smith says "who is this guy" and in the course of finding out for Smith, it comes to light there might be some "discrepency" in his application compared to reality. You're right, he was not pulled from any trips or blocked from jumpseating - today, he would not be able to book a jumpseat!
Thanks for the info - and I am glad that today he wouldn't be able to get a jumpseat. Just for my own knowledge - what kind of screening needs to occur to jumpseat? Weird things happen - like Calloway and the Egyptian Air pilot - so other than credentials, is there any kind of screening?