[TexasFlyer]

Originally Posted by Number1atNumber2

Wait just a sec! Just because the employee worked there, you'd punish him/her because the company is crappy?!? Just having worked there doesn't equal bad judgement. Some pilots may not know how crappy they are until they get there. When I interviewed they made a huge effort to show how safe they were, so I believed they were changing their tune. I heard they had a not great reputation at the time I applied, but I had no idea how bad they were. Obviously I was wrong, but hindsight is always 20/20.

Companies can be smoke and mirrors sometimes. Things can look good until you start working there first hand. But guess what. This is the world of technology now. I would question if you actually researched them before hand. A simple Google search would turn up worlds of complaints and discontent about them. So if you can't use Google or modern tools for research, I'd question your viability as an employee. So yes. Good chance you won't get a call just for having that on the resume as your CURRENT employer or very RECENT employer.

I understand, no one is perfect. Heck, I made some bad moves mysef over the years that I learned from. That's why if it's on the resume in the past, maybe a non-issue. I'll see what you learned from that decision and why you left after such a short time with them (or why you stuck around so long if it gets to over the 18-24 month point since that would raise many concerns).

Now if you left Key Lime to go to Gulfstream Airlines, you'll never get the call since you clearly do lack good judgement.

Now if you went from there to Airnet, I may like that decision better and after a couple years with Airnet you've redeemed yourself. Expect the call from me.

Sometimes life is not fair.

Originally Posted by Number1atNumber2

I stood up for myself to not fly when I felt the plane was unsafe, and quit when they strong encouraged me to begin doing dumb things.

That's a good answer. I'd assume you did not stick around for 2+ years, since you realized this is not how things need to be. And you used better judgement on the next hiring situation. I bet you did more research!

Now, if you worked for them back in 1999 or even 2001, maybe a lot of word was not on the street yet about them. But anyone from about 2003 and beyond should have had the resources to research them in advance. So anything after that point would cause me to have to dig deep. After all, how people make career decisions is a good guideline to their overall judgement when faced with many difficult choices.

Originally Posted by Number1atNumber2

While I do not respect Key Lime, I wouldn't trade my IFR experience gained there for anything.

Yes. The life of a freight dawg. It is valued. So long as the experience you refer to was not gained in unsafe situations. But then, there are much better freight outfits to gain the same experience.