Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The FAA medical thing might be an issue also. An airline could require you to sign a release to obtain a copy of your FAA medical file. You could probably find out in advance when you apply to a specific airline.
Generally, honesty is the best policy, unless you like lying awake at night worrying about what your employer is going to dig up that you forgot to tell them.
I agree. I think I should just come clean about the stuff that happened 12 years ago. I mean it's not that bad. Guilt by association more than anything else. I was hanging with a group of boneheads. But I must admit looking back, I could have been smarter about it. As for the traffic stuff nearly 20 years ago, I think the only thing they'll learn about me if I voluntarily divulged it would be....what happened "20 years ago". I don't think it's substantial enough to call applicable.