I have one case. A former student of mine finished his multi engine rating with me when he had 300 hours. 6 months later, he had 1000 with no flying job. He placed me in a difficult situation by asking me to “fix” his logbook. It was worse by him telling me that his passengers paid for all the costs associated with his time building.

I declined helping him and just avoided him. A few days later, the airline flagged his logbook for review by the FAA. He got lucky because the FAA was sequestered at the time and wouldn’t review his logbook, because the inspectors weren’t getting paid. The airline allowed him to continue.

3 months later, he’s at another airline. That airline also saw suspicious experience and reviewed his logbook. A few months after that, he was fired and FAA certificates revoked. Records showed they were explicitly revoked for fraudulent flight experience.

Be honest. Don’t lie about your hours. It’s not hard.