Earlier this month I was contacted by a former student who needed his biennial flight review to keep his pilot certificate current. I was only too happy to get paid to fly, if only for a half day's work. However, when I filled out my weekly unemployment claim online and had the gall to list that I had worked and earned wages, it automatically posted this message: "Your PIN has been suspended, contact your local GDOL office."
So I did as instructed and the nice receptionist explained that the message simply comes up so that we will contact them with details, so I filled her in and she reset my PIN. As the week passed and no payment posted, I simply assumed that the process was delayed, however when I logged in to fill out my weekly unemployment claim for the next week, I got the same lovely message. So I call back and the same nice receptionist reset my PIN again and then transfered me to a 'tech' because 'Your payment for last week should have been processed!'
Well, the tech didn't answer so I leave a message. When she doesn't call back, I leave another message the next day. Would you believe I left five messages on five different days and never got a call back? On the sixth try, the lady answered her phone and quickly diagnosed my fatal error. When I filled out the form to explain why someone else would pay me to work, I didn't find a category for 'Pilot' or even 'Transportation' so I listed it as 'Other'.
So, three weeks later I finally get my unemployment payment. For someone like me who really wants to work, this type of thing can really discourage either seeking out or reporting easy part time gigs! I guess next time I'll call it either 'Teaching' or 'General Labor'.
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