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Originally Posted by PhantomAir
I am convicted. Plea bargained with the prosocuting attorney. Got 12 months unsupervised probation and DV classes along with a restraining order.
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Ouch. I hate to have to say this, but if you want to persue a career in aviation you should have tried to beat this rap. To be brutally honest, I think this will hurt you far more than a DUI. A DUI is a known quantity. But an employer who sees this will not know what to think...it could have been anything from an honest misunderstanding, the Ex faking a situation to get revenge, to you being a full-on psycho, or anything in between. Unfortunately, society has gone way overboard with branding any sort of domestic dispute as "domestic violence".
I have never seen this in aviation, but it's common in the military..and it pretty much kills your career.
If there is any possible way to back out of the plea deal and beat this rap, I would recommend that you try to do that. Contact a really good lawyer if you haven't already.
You may need to the weigh the risk of getting convicted at trial vs. your aviation career.