Do airlines want to see your military record?
06-08-2018, 11:32 AM
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Do airlines want to see your military record?
How closely do the airlines scruntize your military record?
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
06-08-2018, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by NathanHale1776
How closely do the airlines scruntize your military record?
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
The answer is it depends, but it isn’t a show stopper at all. Delta looks at Fitreps, SWA calls and digs in detail for personal and professional references. The best thing to do is own it, make it a learning experience, and then find some personal and professional references that can attest to that fact. That way, when it comes up in your background check, you are already in front of it.
Plenty of guys and girls I know have similar blemishes in the Navy and fly for the airlines now.
06-08-2018, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by NathanHale1776
How closely do the airlines scruntize your military record?
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
06-08-2018, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by e6bpilot
The answer is it depends, but it isn’t a show stopper at all. Delta looks at Fitreps, SWA calls and digs in detail for personal and professional references. The best thing to do is own it, make it a learning experience, and then find some personal and professional references that can attest to that fact. That way, when it comes up in your background check, you are already in front of it.
Plenty of guys and girls I know have similar blemishes in the Navy and fly for the airlines now.
Plenty of guys and girls I know have similar blemishes in the Navy and fly for the airlines now.
Originally Posted by Excargodog
Admiral's underage daughter? Might be a problem...
06-08-2018, 02:37 PM
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One or two of the top-tier airlines will ask for FITREPs.
Are you being allowed to remain to HYT? It will be better (for airlines) if you resign so you don't have some weird separation code on your DD-214. You might get better military transition benefits if you're separated for HYT though.
Generally something of this magnitude will not kill you in the long run, but you might have to settle for second-tier/LCC or spend time at a regional. However... airlines are extremely politically correct/sensitive, so the specific nature of the offense could be very important (if the airlines find out about it).
Something you'll need to consider... if you're allowed to resign normally, and your DD-214 reflects that, you need to decide how to answer the question "why did you leave the military"? Honesty is usually the best policy, in case they find out what happened from a third party.
Are you being allowed to remain to HYT? It will be better (for airlines) if you resign so you don't have some weird separation code on your DD-214. You might get better military transition benefits if you're separated for HYT though.
Generally something of this magnitude will not kill you in the long run, but you might have to settle for second-tier/LCC or spend time at a regional. However... airlines are extremely politically correct/sensitive, so the specific nature of the offense could be very important (if the airlines find out about it).
Something you'll need to consider... if you're allowed to resign normally, and your DD-214 reflects that, you need to decide how to answer the question "why did you leave the military"? Honesty is usually the best policy, in case they find out what happened from a third party.
06-08-2018, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by NathanHale1776
No, nothing that bad. Nothing that would be criminal in the civilian world.
06-08-2018, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by NathanHale1776
How closely do the airlines scruntize your military record?
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
Your best bet is to go to an AA Wholly Owned Regional since they have a flow while you apply to all the other airlines above the regional level...
06-08-2018, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Otterbox
...Your best bet is to go to an AA Wholly Owned Regional since they have a flow while you apply to all the other airlines above the regional level...
It’s water under the bridge. Just bring your flt records, look sharp and answer the questions. When asked if you knocked up the admiral’s daughter, you say...no!
My airline didn’t ask for OPRS (fitreps).
06-09-2018, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by NathanHale1776
How closely do the airlines scruntize your military record?
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
Let's say a naval aviator did something stupid (outside of the cockpit) and was sent to Mast and given a letter of reprimand, ensuring he'll never make O-4, effectively ending his naval career. Would the airlines care about this at all? To reiterate this is completely non-flying related.
The second two, not a big deal. The first is recoverable as long as it wasn’t a DUI or some kind of bar brawl.
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