I like the fact that there always seems to be the "I know a guy that....." attitude out there about a dark horse who might have managed to beat some odds (whether it be checkride failures or DUIs for example). Of course if you want to bet your future career on chances approaching the lottery, then more power to you! Myself - I know that there are always examples of the extremes on both ends - in this case someone getting hired with multiple hits on their record while others with perfect records are not hired - but I'm more interested in the MAJORITY numbers, and in this I feel that rickair7777 does a fair job of portraying hiring attitudes.
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