"$25 to forward your records"

[username]

This has got to be Ameriflight.

Those cheap S.O.B.'s. They've sent me that letter several times now. I don't know of any other company that's doing this.

My last two employers never even mentioned it. Don't worry about it. I don't know what my employers did but they must have either paid it just blown off the AMF PRIA request.

Now about hiring a lawyer. My wife is one. She charges $175 per hour for her time and that's really not much for an attorney. Let's see ... $175 per hour or 25 bucks. See what I'm getting at? You make the call.

You could always threaten to hire an attorney but to me it would be an obvious empty threat. Unfortunately, the law is on the employers side.

 

[crashpad]

If they are truely entitled to fair compensation...OK, but who can justify $25?

 

[100LL... Again!]

A reasonable fee may be charged.

However, the records may not be withheld until the fee is paid.

That is the law, unfortunately.

I'd pay the $25. My former employers do not owe me anything.

 

[crashpad]

Does anybody think $25 is reasonable?

 

[Lord_Baltimore]

(1) The former employer is required to send the records to the new, requesting employer. Period.

(2) The former employer may then charge the new, requesting employer for their "resonable fee" - and note that there is no definition of "reasonable". I'll bet there are already companies charging $100 or more.

(3) Things being what they are, you can bet that your new employer will then pass on the charge to you. Can you do anything about it? No.

Being a pilot these days kind of reminds me of what my ex-father-in-law used to say about being a farmer - you buy at retail, sell at wholesale and pay the freight both ways.

(4) If your former employer is billing YOU for the records they sent to your new emplyer, they haven't read the rules. If you have checked the box saying that you want a copy of the records, however, they can charge you directly for that copy.

 

[elguapo9]

Clarification

My wife originally read me the letter over the phone, I checked it out when I got home. Turns out they want $25 for my copy of the records, I guess they already got the $25 from New Employer. I just called Old Employer up and told them not to worry about my copy.

Thanks for the help.
Elguapo

 

[stuart716]

i would send the motherfukcers $25 worth of pennies. it would cost a lot more to mail it, but it would be worth it.

 

[English]

For everyone with misconceptions about PRIA...


http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/pria/


Browse through the links on the left side of the page.

 

[pilotyip]

as posted by English

An air carrier who receives a request for records under 49 U.S.C. § 44703(h)(1) or (6) may establish a ‘reasonable charge’ for the cost of processing the request and furnishing copies of those records, and present a statement to the requesting air carrier or third party agent for payment. The applicant as well, if he/she requested a copy of those records, may also be charged for the furnishing of those records. (49 U.S.C. § 44703(h)(7)).

 

[English]

Thanks for doing the work, pilotyip!