GerryG
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Just when I think they can't go any lower:
To each Flight Options pilot:
Most of you are aware of the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996 (“PRIA”). We regularly receive questions about what information we are required by PRIA to provide to potential employers when a current or former Flight Options pilot is being considered for employment by another air carrier. These questions are especially appropriate now because the Department of Transportation through the FAA revised its guidance in November 2007 (see http://www.faa.gov/pilots/lic_cert/pria/).
PRIA was enacted to help ensure that air carriers and air operators under 14 CFR part 121 and 135, or a hiring air operator under 14 CFR part 125, adequately investigate a pilot’s background before allowing that pilot to conduct commercial air carrier flights. Under PRIA, a hiring employer cannot place a pilot into service until it obtains detailed records of the last five years of the pilot’s background and other safety-related records from a pilot applicant’s former employer(s). In response to these mandated inquiries from potential employers, we have been required to provide certain records regarding the pilot’s employment at Flight Options such as training and checking records, drug and alcohol test records, and disciplinary records that related to a pilot’s performance as a pilot.
THE DOT-FAA ADVISORY CIRCULAR (AC) 120-68D
The November 2007 AC provides a significantly expanded interpretation of a carrier’s duty to provide records according to PRIA requests from a prospective employer. In addition to the records we have provided in the past, we are now compelled to comply with section 2-3.d., that is, Records Concerning Disciplinary Actions: “...Your previous employer <Flight Options> must report all disciplinary actions, including those that do not involve your performance as a pilot, if they played any role in your termination or release from employment.” (The italicized words in the previous sentence are italicized in the Advisory Circular.)
WHAT DOES THIS DOT-FAA CLARIFICATION MEAN TO ME?
This change will not affect the vast majority of our flight crewmembers. For the small number of pilots whose employment was terminated, or who resigned in lieu of termination or to avoid involuntary termination, the new Advisory Circular requirements may result in the provision of additional information regarding the pilot’s disciplinary record that may not have been previously given. This will provide a prospective employer with a fuller picture of the pilot applicant’s employment history.
Best regards,
Bob
To each Flight Options pilot:
Most of you are aware of the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996 (“PRIA”). We regularly receive questions about what information we are required by PRIA to provide to potential employers when a current or former Flight Options pilot is being considered for employment by another air carrier. These questions are especially appropriate now because the Department of Transportation through the FAA revised its guidance in November 2007 (see http://www.faa.gov/pilots/lic_cert/pria/).
PRIA was enacted to help ensure that air carriers and air operators under 14 CFR part 121 and 135, or a hiring air operator under 14 CFR part 125, adequately investigate a pilot’s background before allowing that pilot to conduct commercial air carrier flights. Under PRIA, a hiring employer cannot place a pilot into service until it obtains detailed records of the last five years of the pilot’s background and other safety-related records from a pilot applicant’s former employer(s). In response to these mandated inquiries from potential employers, we have been required to provide certain records regarding the pilot’s employment at Flight Options such as training and checking records, drug and alcohol test records, and disciplinary records that related to a pilot’s performance as a pilot.
THE DOT-FAA ADVISORY CIRCULAR (AC) 120-68D
The November 2007 AC provides a significantly expanded interpretation of a carrier’s duty to provide records according to PRIA requests from a prospective employer. In addition to the records we have provided in the past, we are now compelled to comply with section 2-3.d., that is, Records Concerning Disciplinary Actions: “...Your previous employer <Flight Options> must report all disciplinary actions, including those that do not involve your performance as a pilot, if they played any role in your termination or release from employment.” (The italicized words in the previous sentence are italicized in the Advisory Circular.)
WHAT DOES THIS DOT-FAA CLARIFICATION MEAN TO ME?
This change will not affect the vast majority of our flight crewmembers. For the small number of pilots whose employment was terminated, or who resigned in lieu of termination or to avoid involuntary termination, the new Advisory Circular requirements may result in the provision of additional information regarding the pilot’s disciplinary record that may not have been previously given. This will provide a prospective employer with a fuller picture of the pilot applicant’s employment history.
Best regards,
Bob
