Ah well....now that I have been stirring things up a VERY interesting thing came to light. There was in fact no poor reference! There was however, an anonymous e-mail sent telling them basically that I had done all sorts of terrible things in the past and they were concerned, "a concerned aviation professional," as it was signed(!)
Now I may be naive and old-fashioned, but when I was in the hiring position, I would have sat the person down and said-"do you have any enemies that you know of?" Then showed them the mail and let him or her respond. If there was a single concrete allegation that could be proved one way or another, then have it done. That they covered this up until now makes me rather happy that I didnīt get the job, as someone that would act as they did and then lie about it...telling me that it was a bad referance...well, I probably wouldnīt want to work with them anyway! Not only were they plain stupid, but they then went on to lie about it and cover up some sick little person with a grudge.
So thanks for all the legal and other advise...but I now know what really happened!
