Eagle Cancelling Interviews
12-04-2011 | 04:34 PM
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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.
12-12-2011 | 03:40 PM
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12-12-2011 | 03:50 PM
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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.
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.
12-12-2011 | 03:53 PM
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12-12-2011 | 05:08 PM
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12-12-2011 | 05:17 PM
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12-12-2011 | 06:04 PM
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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.
12-12-2011 | 06:40 PM
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