Major Airline job potential after filing Bankruptcy

robair73

robair73

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Do major airlines look at your credit history and if so, is a bankruptcy filing a disqualifying factor?
 
robair73 said:
Do major airlines look at your credit history and if so, is a bankruptcy filing a disqualifying factor?
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You're done. Don't bother applying. It shows you as completely and utterly irresponsible. If you can't manage a credit card, how can you be expected to manage an airliner?










:D....actually, I have no idea.
 
Opinion only, but if everything else is spic and span, plus thinking about the primordial economic goo we're slowly climbing out of and how many casualties it tolled, you'll be alright.

Funny how a industry that produces financial albatrosses like Ted, Continental Light and Skybus expects potential employees to have had very few financial bumps.

Dear Airline Transport Association.... Pot? Kettle? Black?
 
From past posts that I have seen is that the answer is Yes and No. Some airlines will and some wont look at credit scores and such. I have no idea how it will affect an interview though.
 
Honesty is the best policy. If you don't tell them and they find out about it--you're probably toast. If you're up front with an employer and everything else checks out--you'll probably be ok.
 
I think that checking credit is a reasonable thing to do in many cases. That said, as Doug pointed out, there is a lot of carnage out there right now and I would imagine that there should be some leeway given considering the cause of bankruptcy (was it a medical emergency for a family member?), and other factors. But, with so many qualified guys on the street right now, all things being equal, they may use that as a decider - just not sure how far up the list it would be.
 
Continental as well as most other major airlines conduct background checks and this typically includes a credit check. A third party company typically conducts these background checks and supplies the results to the company. Your credit history will be one small piece in determining if your background is acceptable for employment. I can tell you that if your employment history is clean and you don't have too many other major issues, your credit history on it's own will NOT disqualify you for employment. It is looked at mostly to confirm or substantiate patterns of bad or irresponsible behavior discovered by your investigator.
 
I don't have credit history. Because I don't use credit cards and don't borrow money either. What am I going to do? :confused:
 
By the time any major airline hires a significant amount of people again your bankruptcy will be very old news. I wouldn't worry about it.
 
wheelsup said:
Start using credit cards? Why the aversion to using credit?
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Eh, I got myself in a heap of trouble using credit. It's sorta like a drug sometimes. It's so easy that when you get started, you might not stop. I now only have a debit card and a savings account. The savings is for emergencies, and the debit is for everything else. The other debt I have are my student loans and my house. If we need another car, I'll finance that. Anything else, if I can't pay cash or save for it, I probably don't need it.

It's one thing to charge stuff on credit and know you can make the payments. Then something happens and half your income goes out the door thanks to a drop in leisure travel. Next thing you know, you're behind on everything b/c the one job at Universal isn't bringing in enough cash, and the job that replaced the lost revenue before is bringing in about 20% of what the lost job did. Result? Bankruptcy.
 
It's one thing to charge stuff on credit and know you can make the payments.
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Charging stuff on a card to make payments is where people go wrong. Some credit cards offer a lot of benefits over straight debit cards. Increased warranty periods, rewards points, (we do about 1/4 of our Xmas gift cards using points) protection from skimming and direct access to your bank account, no chance of over drafting, etc. All at no additional cost over using a debit.

Did you put the new engine in your Altima yet?
 
As long as you take responsibility for your actions and show what lessons, if any, you have learned, you will do fine.

Let's put it this way, if you show you're a standup guy you have nothing to worry about.
On the other hand if you go around doing oil changes at car-washes and are dumb enough to brag about it forget having a shot at all...

Airlines are hiring pilots not for their silken hands but for their ability to make sound decisions and keep the operation legal... that's it.

Cheers
George
 
wheelsup said:
Did you put the new engine in your Altima yet?
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It's being shipped down from PA, and it should be in town on Wed. It'll be Fri before I can go pick it up, though, since I'm out on a 4 day with a RR day right after that. I did pay cash for the engine, too. Well, I say "cash," but it was my debit card, so same thing. :)
 
You actually get bonus points in the interview if you have a bankruptcy. They figure you're a 'team player'.
 
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