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Old 02-02-2007, 03:57 AM
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There is a lot of good info on this board and all of it is correct.

He does need to tell the FAA. They may have him do an abuse assesment. It may lead to treatment, it may not. Normally on the first one they will let you pass. Sometimes they don't. Fact is it is too late to talk about that. He needs to tell the FAA, and he needs to find a way to pleed it down.

A lot of the airlines now as if you have been convicted or charged. It is the end all be all. Fact is that he will have to tell them. I know on one individual who has had one or two in the past. He was hired by a major the first week that they started interviewing. You must remember that all airlines now have a program in place called HIMMS. It is between the company, faa and the unions. It is to get people with a problem fixed and back it the air. It does not mean that they understand it, it just means that they have a program to fix it. I know of at least three guys that have gotten jobs a airlines in the last month alone that had this happen. Tell him not to give up hope. He just needs to not be defensive about it, admit he made a mistake and tell them how he has learned from it. Everyone knows that we all make mistakes, the question is do we as individuals, know when we have.
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