I have a dream....to become an airline pilot. I have dedicated my entire life to this one goal, BUT my past is still haunting me. (SOMEONE RELIEVE THE DOUBT OF NOT MAKING IT) Before turning 18 I accumulated multiple (five) convictions, all involving drugs/alcohol, and all were misdemeanors. It's been over four years since I’ve had anything to do with that old lifestyle, and I have no intention of returning. I just passed my multi/com/inst checkride and after building a few hundred hours I plan to apply for SkyWest. Does anyone have any information on situations they have dealt with involving a criminal record and the hiring process, or the severity of how employers look upon this type of background? Thanks for anything; my life TRUELY depends upon it.

 

Consult a lawyer.

 

Suggest any??

 

Misdemeanors are a problem. Especially (5). However, I know people can screw up and do an about face. It's those that only do a partial about face that employers are worried about (Any employeer not just airlines). Misdemeanors pose a problem if an airline wants to send you to Canada. They require a 10 year "clean history" otherwise you have to receive special permission from Canada. Unsure of Mexico.

The more time you put between your "so-called screw ups" the better. ZThe fact that you are studying and flying now shows committment and that you have turned a corner. I might consider trying a turbo-prop operator (regional) in order to get your foot in the door to flying Part 121. Once you have been hired by, pass ground school and start flying for a Part 121 carrier, you become a "Safer" bet for others. i.e Skywest, . . .

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Thanks, have a great day

 

If you were a minor it should be off any record an airline can get their hands on shouldn't it? There is a way to get things removed from your record.

 

Im actually in the process of getting my record sealed, i just don’t want to dig myself a bigger hole then the one I’m already in by submitting not needed truth or by lying. Thanks. oh what does the Morris code say on your signature.

 

Evil hands are happy hands

 

I understand your situtation....I did a dumb dumb just after graduating from college '95. I had a private license only. 97 got ratings and MEII then Good News....had a hard row to hoe but I did not give up. four years later from '95 I was an 121 FO four years 8 months later I was a Captain on a Saab and then CRJ Capt. Bad news is its be hard and by hard I mean I have not been successful YET at going to a National or Legacey because of boo boo. I have not even to date gotten so much as a speeding tic since 95 much less anything else.

About the sealing of your records as I have had it told to me air carriers now pull FBI records and they report everything right down to pooping in your pants in the third grade. due to the freedom of info act.

Alan Armstrong is a aviation lawyer in Atlanta you can get his number if you try. He is a awsome person in which to retain and ask question if you need legal help.

I know your will always have to anwser yes on your medicals because it says EVER. I hate that box!

Just do not give up know matter what ...No is just an opportunity to try again.... but if you get in trouble now with the ratings you have it will be the nail in the coffin because you now have to be responsible because you now know better .

You can out live your youthful woes but you'll have to start thinking before acting to be successful in the aviation bit.

kind of a mixed message but I mean well. I have seen lesser people go forward and me lag behind because I was a stupid kid one night and I have to live with it because i work in the industry were you are judged/ measured by what you've done wrong not by what you've done right....not bitter

any way live right, fly safe and everything will work out the way it's intended


good luck

 

Hey I had a few Blemishes on mine. Mine had to deal with my temper when i was younger.

I had to explain it and I can say it is snot the most comfortable thing to explain to the chief pilot and 3 assistant chiefs.

But keep it clean now and make your self as marketable as possible.