+1.....are your relatives at a major pilots? I don't mean to sound harsh, but they are severely out of touch with reality, and apparently have not heard of the new hours/ATP requirement to get hired. You can't even get hired into a regional with 300 hours and a CRJ course anymore, that was soooo 2005 , much less a major!

 

Your issue won't be finding a job- it'll be keeping your medical/pilot certificate after not reporting the first one and then getting another one.

Definitely talk to an AOPA lawyer. Chances are you'll need to report both arrests to the FAA with a full write-up of the situation, including police reports/court documents, a personal statement depicting why you think the FAA should issue you a medical/and or pilot certificate, proof of some sort of successful rehab or alcohol abuse program, and loads of other requested documents.

You will probably lose your pilot certificate for lack of reporting, but it could possibly be reinstated in a year...but then there's that pesky medical exam, which will be hard to get. A medical examiner is required to defer your paperwork to the FAA with two DUIs/arrests/convictions.

You need an AVIATION attorney and a lot of patience. DUI/DWI medical waivers tend to slip to the bottom of the priority list at the FAA. It'll take a while, so I suggest you start the ball rolling soon.

 

Actions have consequences. You can ask for forgiveness, promise to never do it again, and even be forgiven. . . but the consequences remain.

 

I am in a similar situation. I had to go through the HIMS program with the FAA Home - Took awhile but I got my medical back. I reported my 2 incidents however. The HIMS Medical Sponsor monitored me for about a year and half.

I don't drink at all anymore, just not worth any of the risks. Its a mistake I made in my twenties that is certainly going to make it extremely difficult but I haven't given up hope yet. My goal is to try and work with a 135 or smaller operation until a significant amount of time has lapsed.

Any updates with you on your career?

 

So you got caught for drinking and driving in the past, but kinda got out of it? Next you failed to disclose the incident to the FAA because you apparently didn't do a background check on yourself as well as discuss it with an aviation attorney BEFORE you applied for a medical? This alone would have made it very hard, but certainly possible, to get a major job. Unfortunately you went and did the same thing again when you should have spent the rest of your life being the poster child for sober cabbing.

Throw in the other driving record infractions you said you have and I feel like I have a good picture of your judgmental abilities regardless of knowing you or your personal details.

I hope you are able to get help for your alcohol problem. In the meantime, your probability for getting a pilot job, in light of potential FAA certificate action, is quite low. I would question why you would even go through the trouble of further pursuing an aviation career given how much your actions have stacked the deck against you. I appreciate and respect that you are remorseful, but your actions still have consequences.