Originally Posted by
pete2800
Haha... calm down man...
I was using a comparison with this rather extreme set of circumstances to illustrate how insane this industry is, and how backward the interviewing/selection process can be regarding evaluating a person's decision making ability. If you actually thought I was comparing 3 DUI's to flight school, well... I can't help you there.
Hyperbole. It's a useful literary device, but only when your audience chooses to assume a reasonable level of discourse.
The OP didn't come here to be interviewed by us, he came here to seek information regarding how actual interviewers might evaluate him. It doesn't matter if it's a "game ender" in your mind, it matters what a Chief Pilot's office will think of it. To which we can only say for certain: Put your apps out, and see who calls.
So you try to navigate around your poor choice of comparing 3 alcohol offenses to paying for flight school 3 times, then try to be condescending about comparing 2 dissimilar topics and calling it a hyperbole?
And I could be an actual interviewer and the OP should know there are plenty of us out there who don't believe a person with his/her history should be let into a cockpit of a commercial airliner again. Choices have consequences. Read your pilot certificate, it says privileges, not rights.