Jabba the Hutt case serves as warning to recruiters to be on guard of false references
Graham Simons
5 September 2018
In light of a case in which a pilot put forward Star Wars gangster Jabba the Hutt as his referee, recruiters have been urged to be wary of placing candidates on the basis of false references.
The case relates to claims brought by a Mr N Francis-McGann against British cargo airline West Atlantic UK.
In July, a Birmingham Tribunal heard Francis-McGann had successfully applied for the role of a captain before...
