Lying on your CV
We all like to make the most of ourselves when it comes to writing a CV but this guy may have gone too far. Below is an article I found on the web and I am amazed that this clown thought he could get away with it.:
A pilot for a commuter airline that flies out of all three New York airports was grounded after telling multiple lies about his background to make himself look a poster boy for his industry in a magazine profile, The Post has learned.Timothy Martins, who flies for American Eagle, told the magazine, published by his union, that he’s an active member of the New Jersey Air National Guard, an FDNY firefighter and a graduate of an aviation school on Long Island.
None of it was true, officials of the agencies said.The safety of regional commuter carriers and their pilot training came under heavy scrutiny after a Colgan Air jet crashed near Buffalo last February, killing 50 people.
Many of the smaller carriers pay their pilots peanuts, give them insufficient rest time between flights and make them commute thousands of miles.The story about Martins was written, in part, to counter the bad publicity resulting from the crash and other highly embarrassing incidents — including an airliner overshooting Minneapolis while its pilots chatted about their schedules.
Andrea Huguely, a spokeswoman for American Eagle, which is owned by American Airlines, refused to comment on the allegations.But she insisted that Martins holds all the required FAA certifications for his job as a first officer. There’s no indication he lied to his employer about his background.Martins, who has been grounded, did not respond to a call and an email requesting for comment.The controversy began after the lengthy article appeared in the April edition of the Air Line Pilots Association magazine.
Questions about his claim to be an F-16 pilot in the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard soon began circulating on the Internet.Major Yvonne Mays, spokeswoman for the Jersey Guard, said it didn’t "have any record of a pilot" named Martins.
The 24-year old, who is from Long Island, also claimed to be a firefighter and paramedic in New York. But an FDNY spokesman said, "He’s not a firefighter, he has not worked for our department."Dowling College confirmed that Martin attended the school, but said he did not graduate and his years of attendance do not correspond to the dates he said he was there.Jim Hall, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said if Martins lied, it should be of concern to American Eagle."Anyone who is charged with a responsibility for transporting the lives of other people safely who is evidently intentionally fabricating or embellishing credentials or falsifying stories, that’s obviously a terrible problem that should be of concern to the airline," he said.
An ALPA spokeswoman declined comment.
Just goes to show the
Just goes to show the importance of keeping information correct on your C.V. and any online profile's you may have, such as your Flight Crew Finder one. The above case is obviously extreme but any mistakes or errors could be accountable. Not good for your future job prospects to have lost a previous position because of 'errors' on your C.V.
On a similar topic, I
On a similar topic, I recently heard of a pilot, on scheduled short-haul flights, who has just put in for his ATPL.
His application was one of the lucky ones to get a full audit. Turns out that [allegedly] not only were his flight times in excess of those held on record by the operator but he had also [allegedly] claimed a fair few hours for IFR and Night flights ... the trouble is that these hours were claimed whilst he was a float pilot - Day/VFR only !!!!
Idiots like this deserve to have the book thrown at them [if of course the subsequent investigation finds him at fault], though it does make you wonder how many get through the system unchecked.