You lied on your application, period. Simply put, if you go to the interview under these conditions, you will be putting the rest of your aviation career in jeopardy. Do you have a chance at getting away with it? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely not. I hope you understand how significant this is. To the interviewer and the company, it's not about how many hours you have--it's about the kind of person you are, and honesty and integrity are HUGE in aviation.

Lets say the applicant's logbook has 802 hours on the interview date, for a job where 800 is the minimum.

It will take me approximately 4 seconds to figure out if he had 800 hours when he applied six weeks ago.

The important question is: will a flurry of flying activity in the last days before the interview be seen as a dishonest party trying to cover their tracks, or a real go-getter that a company would be proud to hire?

I think you will be fine man, and I'll say it since everyone else on here is trying to bash you. Good luck let us know how it goes

It all depends on the interviewer...if he's a stickler, he will consider it dishonest.

He may be thinking about the other candidates who just got 800 hours yesterday, but did not have the opportunity to interview today because they took the conservative approach and didn't apply six weeks ago.

Being a hustler certainly works in some industries but airlines are usually not looking to hire hustlers or rule-benders...especially ones with low-time. That's just that fact of the matter, and nobody who has the slightest clue about the industry will dispute it.

Maybe you'll get lucky, maybe you won't.

I'm sure this person is probably a nice guy and made a mistake, but you should also have the guts to be able to tell him that he made a mistake by lying on his application instead of making it seem like it is something that everyone should do or at the least just sweep in under the rug :(

USMCFLYR

Truth be told I didn't actually put it on my application. I haven't submitted an official application yet. Just a resume that I sent in. I sent them a new resume with updated times. No big deal.

Don't do this!

You sent in information to a company that had falsified information on it. Application, resume, a hand written note on a cocktail napkin.
The above makes it sound like you are trying to rationalize your actions. When you make it to an interview, being direct and honest if questioned about it will be your best chance or success IMO.

USMCFLYR

Better hope they threw the old one away and don't compare the two :eek: