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Originally Posted by DashDriverYV (Post 1096497)

Dashgirl not illegal to say disparaging things, just not smart. There is a civil risk of libel and slander so most companies have a policy of not being specific. If you were a bad employee and it was documented there is no confidentiality required.

It is only libel or slander if it is not the truth. Telling someone you think they are dishonest is legal. Telling someone they stole something from you and you did not could be slander if you can prove that it is the sole reason you were damaged from that statement. Very difficult to prove in the interview environment especially for pilots because so many aspects of an applicant are considered.

It is not legal to ask some particular questions but not illegal to share an opinion of someone. There are nasty people in this world and a few of them are pilots. Most airlines have given their pilots an opportunity to share their opinions of applicants to make the best decisions in choosing the best available people. None of that is illegal.

yeah, buddy of mine did his interview they day AMR filed for chapter 11. very next day he gets a call saying his training is pushed back so eagle can "reorganize"

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Originally Posted by DashGirl (Post 1096343)

I am not an HR expert but I do know a little about labor laws and I don't think a "performance evaluation" is widely legal beyond.."Did so and so work there as a pilot?" and "Would you rehire this person?" The only other type of info that they can share are your training records via PRIA. I'd be really surprised that a company as large as Eagle would want to risk any discriminatory liability issues by asking too much of a current or former employer. And as I already stated, most companies won't say much on an inquiry like that anyway for their own liability concerns. Almost everywhere I have worked has had a "neutral reference policy" in place for this sort of thing.

In nearly every state it is illegal to make any disparaging or negative remarks about a current or former employer to a new prospective employer beyond "no we would no rehire this person." Though there are holdouts like Illinois.

So I doubt such an evaluation is going out but I am probably wrong. But more towards the point, it is not reasonable for a person to expect to be able to keep their job search a secret from their current airline in such an industry. And frankly, as uncaring for individuals positively or negatively as regional airlines are, to worry about your current one knowing you are looking or potentially leaving is a little paranoid. They don't care about you as to them you are nothing more then a number on a seniority list.

That's one of the reasons I didn't go to Eagle...it's like they basically want you to resign and then hang in limbo until the CA review board. I told them I didn't want them to send out the evaluations to my current employer until I gave them the okay (mainly stalling waiting to get other job offers). They called me every few days badgering me to send out my eval, and saying that "nobody has ever had this problem before" and are you "hiding something" and said they were "doing me a favor so I don't potentially get pulled out of class later"...none of it was true, I just didn't want to risk my job to go chase possible job. Went to SkyWest, and they sent out all of my PRIA/Evals the first day of indoc. The whole HR process really turned me off to working at Eagle.

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Originally Posted by KingBird50 (Post 1100741)

AMR Bankruptcy Creates Opening to Speed Flight Cuts at American Eagle Unit - Bloomberg

Todays news.

Is this all just a strong-arm move by management to break current scope agreements in order to make Eagle essentially a mailine carrier but at regional rates? If so, I am sure everyone else is going to follow suit. :mad:

Unlikely. AMR simply wants to their feed to be primarily 70-90 seat jets, just as DAL's and UAL's is now.

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Originally Posted by IlliniPilot99 (Post 1096254)

early projects say parking 30-100 aircraft(mostly 135/140's)....source from about 1 check airmen and 2 in the training department...

good luck

Oh No!!

Well, if a check airmen and TWO people in the training department said so......

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by prex8390 (Post 1100731)

yeah, buddy of mine did his interview they day AMR filed for chapter 11. very next day he gets a call saying his training is pushed back so eagle can "reorganize"

WOW!!! He had a training date within a day of an interview!!!
Things sure have changed!

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Originally Posted by block30 (Post 1100752)

As a former Comair pilot, that article sounded all too familiar. Good luck to you guys, it sucks and I hope it goes better than ours did.

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Originally Posted by block30 (Post 1100752)

Is this all just a strong-arm move by management to break current scope agreements in order to make Eagle essentially a mailine carrier but at regional rates? :mad:

...long story short, yes! only my opinion!