Originally Posted by
aviatorhi
Look, you don't know the facts... Other than they have 2 DUIs... How do you know they weren't 10 years apart or 10 years ago? The fact is you don't know anything other than said person has 2 DUIs. Basing a statement about whether they could handle an abnormal situation onboard an aircraft solely on that is not appropriate... It is not a viable measure of professional performance, if the person truly has personality or performance flaws there are other aspects of screening and/or training which are designed to identify those. Judge the person they are now... Not the person they were.
Hey, this is completely true. One might turn their life around after 2 DUIs or whatever. It would require a closer look at their life, how they've turned it around, and so on.
The problem is, no one can afford to do that. Just like we can't afford to run 250hr pilots through a battery of tests to find that there are some that are just as capable as 5000hr jet pilots.
It all sounds nice on paper, but reality is cold and hard and we have ensured that such things are "showstoppers" in our society, even if you are not "that way" anymore.