Originally Posted by Air Guitar

Potential public and media scrutiny is a big factor if you have an incident. If you had a misdemeanor open container offence a decade ago, it could be twisted in the media as "Pilot had passed history of alcohol trouble". Just yesterday I read the media coverage of how the helicopter pilot that died with the group that included Kobe Bryant had history of violating FAA rules. People can change but that history doesn't go away and there is no guarentee how that can be seen to people on the outside looking in.