It is exactly the same story. OFCOURSE people at Hunan airline new about the fake log-hours of the pilots... They also were helped to get in. They needed to fill the vacancies and this was the way... Now the pilots get all the blaim. Consequenses will be completely different ofcourse. Furthermore it is not about bringing people down or being sour, but even a small lie will follow you all your career. Especially in these linked-in times. Even this forum can show up in google if a new employer is doing is researchr (and nows the avatar ...).
Maybe here people don't care about a helpfull small lie, in europe and the US employers might look at this differently and won't understand this local ' cultural' point of view..
I see your point for what this "might" cause when you move your career out of China, but i don't agree that it's the same story as with the pilots. It's very simple, the pilots lie about their ability to get a job.
OnoMakana has managed to get a job here in Shanghai with his correct resume, he is there for exactly what the company that hired him was looking for. Even if some insiders at Hunan airlines helped the pilots fake their abilities, they - on the contrary to OnoMakana - got hired while being not qualified for the job.
Another thing, China wants to be international, especially Shanghai! But for foreigners with good qualifications but no 2 years experience they pass, even if a company hires them! While letting in every type of teacher that can say "yes and no" from almost every country in the world (don't say that it's only for native English speakers as that is "just" a great lie for the parents of the children studying English here)! (this is the governments fault, i have nothing against teachers, they are very needed)
Do you really think that if somebody starts his/her career here with that type of modification of his/her resume just to be allowed to work by the Chinese government will ever have a problem with that for getting a job in another country?
I know that i would give about their abilities and test if those are genuine. I couldn't care less that somebody stated he/she had two years of related experience before ending their studies just for getting in to China! I would be very interested though, in what their previous employer in China has to tell about them.
It's a good thing to warn people for something that can have a bad effect on their career! It's not a good thing to scare people off with something that will never be a problem for their career!
Thousands went before him and did the same thing, many have good jobs now back in their home countries. I know out of experience that it's just not true to say that this "small lie" will damage your career outside of China.
