I got an email address from airlineapps and asked these two exact questions last November:
Dear Delta Airlines recruiting, I have two questions regarding the Delta Airlines addendum to the Airlineapps.com application.
1. Reference the item asking, "Have you ever been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, infraction, offense or other violation of any law?" I’ve gotten traffic tickets, which I listed in the main body of the application in the “My Driving Record - Infractions” section. Should I also list these infractions on the addendum?
2. Reference the item asking, “Have you ever failed any proficiency check, FAA check ride, or line check?” I failed two student checkrides in USAF Undergraduate Pilot training. Should I annotate those on the addendum?
Their answer:
The answer is yes to both questions. We realize the one question is repetitive but we do require it to be completed.
Thanks for your interest in a pilot career at Delta!
The Delta Pilot Selection Team
FWIW, I asked the same questions of United and here's how they answered:
#1 - no, do not include traffic tickets if you already listed them in the main body of the application.
#2 - yes, please annotate.
Thanks,
Bill
Bill Kennedy / Charlie Venema
Finally, FWIW, I interviewed with DAL in late March and should be done with IOE next week. The interview started with, "wow, you have a lot of tickets." They were all over 25 years old so they were pretty simple to explain. They never asked me a question about the UPT busts. The good news is neither "yes" on the app kept me from getting an interview; they told us in Indoc they don't computer-eliminate people for marking "yes" on tickets or busts or anything else for that matter. Also good news is I didn't hide anything so I don't give a damn what shows up on a background check or any other check...it's all listed on my app and they were cool with it all.
I don't argue with anyone's definition of what is or isn't a checkride, what will show up on a driving history report or whatever, but Yo No Se is right:
...the only opinions that matters are the folks on the interview panel who are doing the scoring. If you clarify you should be good. If you don't clarify and your panel happens to see it differently, you may find yourself in a jam.
The only thing I would add is you may not be given a chance to clarify.