Yes, I knew lots of kids with them (this was when ID’s weren’t all that sophisticated). Most of those folks are very successful now. Kids do dumb stuff, so yes I stand by it’s not a big deal. It’s how you recovered from it that really matters, it’s not a game ender (though at the time for a young adult it may seem like it).

I had a misdeamer for example when I was 20, disorderly conduct at a college party. The Air Force not only hired me but gave me a TS/SCI and an even higher clearance that required an in depth interview (not like the TS stuff) the guy interviewing me could tell I’d cleaned up my act, we laughed about it actually. It was not an issue at all for the airline either.

Of course, I’m not in the hiring department either, so there’s that...