Originally Posted by rickair7777

The fallacy here is that this UT law, which is STATE law. FEDERAL law ALWAYS prevails over state law.

The potential problem is that arrests and convictions which get reported to the FBI database and are subsequently expunged at the state level don't get expunged by the FBI.

1) They are feds, and states can't tell them what to do.
2) Their database is used for national security and intelligence purposes so they don't ever want to erase any information. Since they don't have to, better assume that they don't.

Now not every Tom, Dick, and Harry can access the FBI database, but airlines are special. They actually do have access since they have to ensure they are not hiring people with TSA disqualifying backgrounds.

So worst case what happens is the airline gets to look at the Db, and they see something you did not report...their assumption is that you lied so they don't hire you.

It's possible some airlines might try to comply with state law and "pretend" they didn't see something in the FBI database but this is such a special situation that there's probably nobody interested in enforcing it. No prosecutor wants to make headlines because he's trying to force airlines to hire ex-cons. It's just a weird situation, and unless you work in an airline's HR it's hard to say exactly how they would deal with this.