Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Different jurisdictions may have different policies on expunction...destruction of records wouldbe rare but possible.
Please note that the FBI tracks all significant arrests and convictions and state/local expunction would NOT affect FBI records. Military, law enforcement, government and airlines can access that database so expunction probably doesn't mean what you think as far as airlines go.
I will second RickAir's statement. I had a good friend who had a DWI "expunged" a few years back. He spent a fortune doing so. Lo and behold, when he interviewed with Continential (like I said a while ago) they magically had the expunged report. He was more than qualified and a really great guy; but they showed him the door. A friend of his was on the hiring committee and later told him if he had admitted to the offense and showed true remorse, they would have hired him. He lied on the "arrested for" (arrested for/charged with/convicted of) section of the interview, that tanked him, not his mistake.
Just my .02 with a story attached for illustration.
RadialGal