Letter of Warning
02-12-2013 | 12:39 PM
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I agree 100% with Ed Harley. While I have never been put in that position I have two friends that were. Both listed the letter on their application. One has been at Jetblue for 6 years the other at UPS for 11. Just be able to explain the situation at the interview. Honesty is the best policy.
02-14-2013 | 07:43 PM
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When you say "showed up in my PRIA package," bear in mind that the original poster is talking about FAA records. A note from your co-worker would have most likely been a company record. Two completely different things.
Formerly the FAA expunged records that didn't result in administrative action or sanction within 90 days, and expunged administrative actions (letter of correction) after two years. Violations were expunged after 5 years, per policy. As of the latter end of 2010, the FAA ceased expunging sanctions (suspensions, revocations, and penalties associated with violations); these must be maintained until the FAA receives notice of your death.
Administrative actions such as a letter of correction are still supposed to be removed from the record after two years, but I've seen cases of the records showing up a decade later.
The FAA doesn't play fair or act reasonably, in many cases. I can tell you I've personally been called into the office of the manager of a FSDO and ordered to buy his secretary roses, and told point blank that if I don't, I'll suffer certificate action under some charge or another that's been drummed up. I kid you not.
I've also been the subject of an investigation several times, never without any merit on the part of the Administrator...and I've received letters stating that no evidence was found of wrong doing...but a letter of correction was put in my file anyway, to be removed 24 months later...which kept showing up a decade after that during background checks. The letter simply stated that I'd been accused of violating XXX, and doing XXX was a violation, and I was reminded not to violate XXX. Of course, I never did violate XXX, and they couldn't actually say that I did (because I didn't)...but they crafted the letter to make it sound very much like I violated the regulation and that I was sanctioned as a result. Your tax dollars at work.
Formerly the FAA expunged records that didn't result in administrative action or sanction within 90 days, and expunged administrative actions (letter of correction) after two years. Violations were expunged after 5 years, per policy. As of the latter end of 2010, the FAA ceased expunging sanctions (suspensions, revocations, and penalties associated with violations); these must be maintained until the FAA receives notice of your death.
Administrative actions such as a letter of correction are still supposed to be removed from the record after two years, but I've seen cases of the records showing up a decade later.
The FAA doesn't play fair or act reasonably, in many cases. I can tell you I've personally been called into the office of the manager of a FSDO and ordered to buy his secretary roses, and told point blank that if I don't, I'll suffer certificate action under some charge or another that's been drummed up. I kid you not.
I've also been the subject of an investigation several times, never without any merit on the part of the Administrator...and I've received letters stating that no evidence was found of wrong doing...but a letter of correction was put in my file anyway, to be removed 24 months later...which kept showing up a decade after that during background checks. The letter simply stated that I'd been accused of violating XXX, and doing XXX was a violation, and I was reminded not to violate XXX. Of course, I never did violate XXX, and they couldn't actually say that I did (because I didn't)...but they crafted the letter to make it sound very much like I violated the regulation and that I was sanctioned as a result. Your tax dollars at work.
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