My friend was given an initial phone interview, then the email went out. He was given a second phone interview and the only hangup was the internal "negative recommendation" by one pilot at XO.

I know my friend has no hard feelings regarding the process... just my personal opinion about pilots and their egos who make an effort to stop a fellow pilot's employment opportunity. Not cool.

I would totally understand if the candidate was an unsafe pilot, or a jerk, but this was not the case.

Enough venting :-) In the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter.

Like every company XOJet has a few pilots who are not the best. Let's keep this in mind when putting weight in their recommendations... and negative recommendations for that matter.

Okay, that's enough from my side. Again, XO is a great company. Too bad it was not mentioned among other fractionals in the latest issue of Private Air Private Air & Private AirMart | The Private Air Guide to Fractionals and Jet Cards

I mean, even OurPlane got coverage with 16 aircraft. What a shame.