Its a sad commentary on how employment is affected when you have to report arrests vs convictions. From what I understand from this thread even if you are proven innocent through the courts, or you have the charges dropped, you'll still be in doo-doo and potentially barred from many types of employment. Arrests do not specifically mean that you did anything wrong. That's for a judge or jury to decide, and they are not foolproof either. Its fortunate I've not had a problem like this. Can anyone illustrate what will or will not happen when you report an arrest (but no conviction, plea bargain, etc.) on a medical or airline application?
Most airlines only ask for convictions or any sort of pending charges. There maybe a few companies that are pickier, I would imagine maybe DAL, SWA, etc. I know at RAH our app only asks about convictions.
The FAA medical asks about convictions and DUI/OVI/DWI administrative events.
An administrative event on a license occurs when a person fails a chemical test or refuses a chemical test. (30-360 day automatic license suspension depending on the state. This occurs even before a person is found guilty/not guilty etc)