Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
And, God forbid, your jurisdiction has a prison term for the DUI offense—you can get fired for not showing up for work or, more accurately, not being able to show up for work.
GF
One guy got exactly that, 90 days or something for a first offense. He had already reported the arrest to the FAA.
Company said he would be terminated if he was out that long... so he called his AME said he "thought he had an alcohol problem", medical revoked, duly reported to HIMS, by the time that all played out he was long out of jail. Unemployed for a while but kept his job in the end.
Interestingly enough, apparently the guy was a first offender with a clean record, and jail was not the norm in that small town jurisdiction. Turned out the local judge had a cousin or something on the local PD... who's estranged ex had been dating our hero
Ultimately the whole thing got thrown out and the judge removed.