Originally Posted by
Pilotpip
There was a guy in the class ahead of me that embellished his resume and got busted about 4 weeks into training. I don't know the reasons, I don't care to know. All I know is that he was asked to leave. He then proceeded to post a couple panicked messages here and be called out by fellow classmates.
This happens at every airline, in about every other class. It is a not just a remote risk, airlines do check out your background. It's better to be honest, not get hired, and try again elsewhere than to get fired from a 121 operator for lying...you will not recover from that.