Just another reminder that the Internet is forever.

Sure as long as it's draft! :)

It'll look good when HR does a background check for the stud. What a tool!

If theres anything that gets the ladies, it is the mighty CF-34.

Why is that?

Help me out here. I'm a bit confused, first in him not saying anything to you four years ago when you decided to write your own rules, seems a bit toolish, if he truly felt that way.

But secondly, you lie to your employer about your situation. Did you happen to call the pilots that may have been called out on reserve or given a "junior assignment" and explain the situation and apologize? Thought not. No matter how crappy your regional was, where were your ethics? Was that week off a "right"? I guess it was in the new age of entitlement.

Can't blame him for not updating a LOR for you, but he should have had the 'nads to tell you to your face over the last four years. That was toolish. But IMO, your behavior was just as toolish for basically lying to your employer and someone had to pick up your slack. :cool:

I think I flew with that guy! Lost his pension and a quarter million dollars worth of banked sick time, and still reacts to other pilot's "vision problems" with righteous indignation. Since they are out there, and based on extreme scrutiny at our carrier and I assume others, you have some fault in this (with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight).

The situation reminds me of a security clearance poster at a government project I used to work on; "Sure he's your buddy, but does he need to know?" Perhaps your wife should know, so she doesn't screw up a phone contact from the company. Aside from that, all your neighbor, kids and pals at work needed to know is that you scored the time off after relentless effort. Of course how you got to said bareboat charter location would be a tricky business at my carrier, as I believe they now have access to information outside of your own pass riding; think ZED Fare, CASS, maybe even KCM. All I'm saying is you can't be too careful.

All that said, your neighbor is indeed a major tool. Find another DL friend and pull this guy's 4th of July barbecue invitation. If his wife looks like the thumbnail in your profile (your wife?), she's still invited!

You cannot be serious? “Hi, Crappy Regional sked dept., Skipper Bareboat here. Can you give me all the names of active reserves over the next four days please? Yeah, short call too just in case. I’m about to do some line adjusting and want to pre-apologize.”

That's kind of a good point, kinda......

People can write a rec letter for whomever then choose, or NOT write one. Their option.

But I wonder if said pilot ever did the SAME EXACT THING THEMSELVES over the course of their career?

You know, called in sick when they weren't really sick, lied to their employer, called the reserve pilot(s) to see how their lives were impacted by said absence, maybe boasted about it to the people they were with on said sick call. You know, "ethics".

Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Just sayin'.......

If said pilot didn't/never had to self augment their schedule for whatever reason, good for them.

Typical baby boomer jargon :rolleyes: