Almost 1 year ago I had a problem with CBP... what happened is...

I made a flight carrying pax, I called St. Croix and CBP the told me I don't need any form or declaration to go there. Good!!! My chief told me... "ok since you're coming back alone, you can declare the entry private"

When I arrived back to my airport CBP officer asked me... "what you where doing there" I told them "I just dropped a couple of pax and flew back". Anyway... I got stuck in the CBP office 2hrs. At the end they let me go thanks god without a fine, since I was honest and told them the truth.

A couple of weeks back I was clearing custom in another airport and when they look at my passport the officer told me "hey a wile ago you had this situation with the agency". So obviously is on my cbp record...

my question is...

This situation appears in my background check??? Can be a no go for an regional airline???

 

Can this affect my FAA record??? I forgot about that question

 

Don't worry about what you can't control.

It happened.

Disclose it, discuss it, and appear to have learned from it.

It is far better to disclose it and find out that it is a minor issue than to hide it and they find out on their own. It doesn't matter if anyone on here thinks it's a problem or not.

 

I've flown with plenty of other pilots and flight attendants that get extra questioning because something comes up when CBP scans their passports. It could be something that has happened after being hired. I seriously doubt it would have any affect on whether or not you get hired.

 

My guess is that it may be an internal CBP thing. You were never arrested, fined, or ticketed. I don't think there's anything to show up on any record. Don't hide anything, though.

 

I wouldnt worry about it and don't even bother disclosing it unless it comes up in an interview. You weren't arrested, fined, or formally charged.

If the application or the interviewer asks a question like:

"Have you ever been under investigation or questioned by CBP for a potentially illegal entry into the country", then you should check the yes box.

To my knowledge, nothing that you did was illegal based on what you said. It might have resulted in a flag on your passport (perhaps to let agents know if it happened again), but I wouldn't worry about it.

If it does come to light in a background investigation, answer the questions truthfully and explain that it wasn't a big deal and you were released by after a detailed review of the flight documents and circumstances. No biggie.

 

Would that not be disclosure?

Since it was brought up, I would even go the extra step and mention it at an opportune time. I shows you care enough about the job to ponder the little things. If it is no big deal, then its no big deal.

I don't understand worrying about the past. Everyone has one, just own it.

 

And how many times in past interviews or on how many applications have you been asked that question?

The likelyhood of it coming up is about 1 in a million. It might however be a good TMAAT story.

 

Like others have said, no arrest, charge, conviction so would not show up on a normal background check. Airlines do not (99.9% sure) have access to CPB internal records, I have never heard of such a thing.

Also, while airlines will ask about aircraft incidents, they do not ask about customs issues. I would not consider this an aircraft incident since it had nothing to do with the airplane...you could have been driving a boat.

Lori?

 

Thanks to everyone. I was worrying about that. What is a TMAAT???