Looks like they are back in business.
Same game new players. No More Stuart Martin or Shiv Narayan. 2 new guys. Probably the same one with new identities. However, one of them only emails and never calls. The calling is all left to the other guy. So probably it might be one guy only playing both the sides.
Got a call with almost the same deal. Pay $1500 as a REFUNDABLE SECURITY DEPOSIT for verification of all your licenses and details by a third party company following which will be an interview in another country fully paid for by the airline you will be interviewing with. And the amount is only because you are non type-rated.
They even offered to pay the bulk of the amount as a favor and I would be required to only shell out a couple of hundreds just for the verification and rest they can recover from the refund. Why not then pay the whole amount and recover everything from the refund? The last date of application keeps getting extended and you are the perfect fit for the job. How can they even guarantee a job? Isn't it upon the pilot's skills and their interview?
All email addresses are personal accounts. Nothing official. The official website does not work. Nor do any phone numbers they call from. Hell even the bank account is in another company's name. No company details whatsoever in any call or email.
I might have taken them seriously had they at least made valid claims and stuck to their words. Or at least have a legal contract signed with you before they ask you to transfer the money. Whenever they contact you the last date is within the next 2-3 days. Just enough time to arrange the money and transfer it but never enough to make inquiries or find out more detail. They are just as vague on the calls and go into lengthy conversations on how the understand your apprehensions and fears and had similar experience.
These guys sure are desperate and know where and whom to strike. I wonder where they get all the contact info from. Wherever or whoever it is that gives them the info should be the first one to be caught and assassinated. That's the real culprit. Playing with the emotions of pilots already under loads of stress due to the current job market situation.
If you see them coming, don't run. Stand your ground and crush them. Get some solid info about them and then feed 'em to the dogs.
All the Best.
