Uphill battle to Majors? Help!
 

Hi,

I'm applying to the regionals now in hopes of flying for Majors one day.

I'm trying to figure out how much weight these dings carry for my future in the Airlines If I do well here on out.

1. Left my first and only 121 regional earlier this year in middle of training due to Personal/family reasons. Never failed any part of the training during the 3 weeks of the training but it's obviously incomplete or failure to finish training.

2. As a teenager(minor), I was taken into local Police Department by a policeman for finding marijuana near where I was standing. This was over 20 years ago.

3. Four speeding tickets, all more than 12 years ago.

No other dings in my record or background I can think of.

I understanding many has to pay their dues at regionals and I'm willing to pay mine if my chances Major are decent and not slim to none because of the issues mentioned above. I am very interested in hearing from you folks who have been around the block couple times share your opinions as to where I stand with my "dings".

How much weight to these issues carry?

Do you know of many who made it to majors with arrest as a minor, 1 incomplete 121 training, and/or this many tickets???

Thank you very much!

I wouldn't worry about #1 if you can explain it.

If you pass all your drug tests while working at a regional and can explain being young and dumb #2 won't be a problem. If you didnt do dumb **** as a kid then you probably won't be much fun to sit next to for a 4 day trip.

Your recent driving record carries a lot more weight then 12 years ago. Don't worry about it.

You're fine.

The majors will be interested in #1, just to make sure there were no training problems, attitude problems, lifestyle compatibility problems. Might help if you have any documentation to backup your story about family issues (ie divorce papers dated during training, obituary, etc). If not, probably not a deal breaker.

#2 sounds like a non event if you weren't even arrested/fingerprinted/taken into custody.

The majority of major airline apps I've seen ask about convictions (to even include the truly minor offenses like jaywalking) and do not even ask about arrests.

No arrest/conviction I wouldn't even mention it. That said, always read each question carefully, and when in doubt about an incident, better to fess up.