I know someone who was hired by a legacy with 2 DUIs relatively close to each other. One would think that would be a show stopper, right?

After he completed substance abuse treatment, he stayed clean and did everything he could to move beyond what happened to him. Marathons, job fairs and networking.

He went to every job fair he could and hit up everyone for recommendations. He truly turned his life around so he had that interview story covered.

Compare that to another friend, a regional Captain, who told me "If the mainline carrier wants to hire me, they know where to find me. I applied months ago."

Point I'm trying to make is, regardless of your shortcoming (degree, arrest etc), if you make it your mission in life to get hired it's definitely possible. Too many people expect it to happen and don't ever try to make it happen.