Same name as another pilot

[RedDogC130]

Has anyone had the problem of not getting an interview due to someone with the same name getting rejected for the same position previous to you?

I have an offer to interview with a regional but have not set the date yet. I then got a letter which was a "thank you for interviewing but you were not selected for a FO position." I had not even interviewed yet. I called the company and they said it was sent in error due to another individual having the same name interviewing and getting rejected. I do not have a common name from what I thought...surely not in the aviation industry. I am now curious if some other airlines have not offered me an interview due to this guy messing up his interview and when they see the resume come in they figure it is him again and outside the re-application window. I am debating calling airlines I am interested in and clarify that they have looked at my resume and not confusing me with this other fellow.

Anyone deal with this before????

 

[Fly2Scuba]

I would have never thought about that...

My name is Mike Johnson; do you think someone else might have my name?

 

[TheChief]

Maybe add your middle name and/or social security number to your resume?

 

[say again]

I wish I'd get a "hired" letter without going through the interview process. A little wishful thinking , hopefully, goes a long way.

 

[RedDogC130]

It is all on my resume. Getting the hired letter, I would keep my mouth shut

 

[spngbobsqrpilot]

My name is Mike Johnson; do you think someone else might have my name?

Almost thought you were going to say "Michael Hunt" there for a minute...


One thing I would NOT put on there however, is your SSN. Not until you get hired.

Could have been stranger though... let's say you had a name as someone who WAS already working there. Would they have written you back saying you were scheduled to fly a certain bid line and why were you applying???

 

[I Hate Freight]

Has anyone had the problem of not getting an interview due to someone with the same name getting rejected for the same position previous to you? QUOTE]

Nope, not me.

 

[Crizz]

My name is Mike Johnson; do you think someone else might have my name?

Wait a minute, thats my name too...

 

[crashpad]

I am debating calling airlines I am interested in and clarify that they have looked at my resume and not confusing me with this other fellow.
QUOTE]

You need to get on the phone immediately and call every airline you have a resume with and straighten this mess out yourself! Be persistent and keep bugging them until they give you a positive ID that your resume is, I mean is not, the one which just went through the shredder. Stand up and fight to make a name for yourself. See you online.

 

[rk772]

One time I was trying to jumpseat on United from ORD. Their computer rejected my jumpseat request. When I asked why, the gate agent said I was an Eastern scab. I asked If I could talk to the Cpt. He came up the jet bridge and spoke to the gate agent for a second and then came over and asked my how old I was. I informed him I was 27 and he laughed and said get onboard so we can go. I guess some scab had the same name as me. Good thing I wasn't older, I might have missed my ride home.

 

[crashpad]

Since when do gate agents have scab books? Scarey!

 

[Ben Franklin]

Why would you want to work for a company that can't even get your name right from the get go?

Sincerely,

B. Franklin

 

[8AF]

Since when do gate agents have scab books? Scarey!

UA is the best when it comes to jumpseating. Their centralized OMC computer system only denines airlines or persons on the blacklist. Once you have the OMC pass in hand you are good to go. This prevent things like gate agent having a bad day to denine your boarding. Of course even such a computer system is not perfect.

 

[stb]

Do not put your SS #..

on your resume.

Back in the early 90's, some guy would advertise a peach of a pilot job (Fly me and my family a couple times a month and live on my 50' boat for free) and ask for resumes. Well most resumes contained DOB, Address and ss#. Years later and many credit cards later the guy was caught with multiple pilot identities.