Originally Posted by
mcleach71
I was arrested for DUI about 7 years ago, but later the case was dismissed. The arrest still shows up on my FBI file, so it will be something that is uncovered during a background. I don't have to admit to any convictions or driver/pilot license issues, but when they ask if there is anything else that I would like to add, I bring it up then. It will be found during a background, and I'm not the type to cover it up anyway.
Honesty is the best policy. If the first airline I tell chooses not to hire me for it, I will continue to apply until one does. I'll fly boxes in lower Alabama if necessary.....
You do not have to disclose arrests which do not end in a conviction or an adjudication of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Yes, it is in the records at the FBI (as is everything, forever) but cannot and will not be disclosed except to other law enforcement officers.
Police often arrest people improperly or charge them incorrectly. You are only obliged to report what you have been CONVICTED of, not ACCUSED of. That is the entire premise of our legal system!