Originally Posted by
sonicbum
Where I work (EASA flag carrier) we do ask previous employer’s certified hours signed by the NPFO office + the command course diploma if we do need to hire Captains.
IMHO it does not make much sense to have somebody sign a logbook that can be easily edited afterwards, by adding a zero here and there to inflate the hours.
What on earth is an NFPO office?
What on earth is a "command course diploma"? I've passed command courses in four European airlines and never heard of such a thing.
What are "certified hours"? My last employer (one of the two top Eu household names) did not keep personal records of our hours (or at least, did not keep them in a format accessible to us) more than a couple of years.
Just like "stamps in logbooks" it seems there is a variety of completely non-standard local aberrations that some seem to think are the industry norm when they simply aren't.