Originally Posted by
Drums4life
Any insight would be greatly appreciated here. Without going into too many details, I was hired by Compass but shortly after orientation they basically rescinded their job offer due to my instrument checkride bust not being on my application. I was not even out there for ground school yet however I was in the process of the at home study unit. Now I'm concerned that for each future job I will have to fill out PRIA work for Compass and it will come up that I did not complete training which would not look good. I don't want to hide anything but feel like PRIA work is kind of unnecessary since I hadn't even really started ground school. Thoughts? Thanks!
I think you are a little confused, PRIA requests will not report check ride failures. Those are reported by you and any previous employer. The FAA portion of the PRIA only reports enforcement actions, go to the FAA web site and read ALL the documents on the Act.
As for reporting you worked for Compass, the answer is YES. The only thing I would be curious about is how Compass found out that you failed to disclose the failure, not that it is relevant if you did not on the application, but nonetheless it would be interesting to find out.
Here is a little blurb from the act:
"Disclosure. The FAA expects a pilot applicant to disclose all pilot testing failures to any potential aviation employer."
I can assure you that you will only succeed in this business if you answer everything 100% truthfully. Everyone makes mistakes, fails check rides or has a blemish. If you worry about trying to only submit things that you feel are discoverable then you should look for other work. PRIA is not the main issue, it is simply a backdrop to them verifying your application. Applications go way deeper than any PRIA act request.
Fess up, Compass will report the reason for termination, if you explain it to a potential new employer eventually you will get a break, it will not be easy but it does happen.