Driving Record on an Interview
 

Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask you guys a question. When you have an interview with an Airline, i know that you must bring your driving record. I have not seen/purchased a driving record yet, so i really don't know how it looks like. But, if somebody put a ticket on me and i took it to court and got NO POINTS on it, does it still appears on the driving record that i was issued a ticket??

The thing is, yesterday i had an accident with a colombian woman who ran a red light. She was with her husband and a 4 year old kid (a beautiful family) and i was the Pizza Delivery guy (the crazy kid who is in a hurry). The damage of my car was in the front right side, and her damage was on the rear right side. My light was totally green (not even yellow), but the woman blamed me saying that it was my fault cause i ran the light in yellow turning to red.The police officer was very clear to me, she said: "..look, i was not a witness and its your word against her word... i can only make an assumption by the physical damages of both cars... so i must issue the ticket to you, since your car has damage in the front, you probably ran the light on yellow turning to red and instead of braking you accelerated because you are probably in a hurry"

I was in total shock... i could only say that i was going to take it to court.... i dont care about my car, i dont care about my insurance going up... but im mostly afraid of the day of an interview with an airline... i mean... my ticket says: DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT... i don't know what to do, im totally depressed, i dont want to drive anymore (my airbag deployed and it burned my arm)... I finished my A.S degree classes, and now im doing my ERAU Extended campus classes in Miami, FL to get the B.S... Im also finishing my Instrument Rating... and have a few x-country hours for CAX.

Jose.:(

Chill dude. It's an accident, not a DWI where you killed somebody.

If that's the only blemish on your record, you have nothing to worry about. There are plenty of people flying for a living that have lead feet.

At my regional interview I didn't have to bring the actual driving record; however, I did have to sign paper work that allowed them to get the records. They asked me to list all violations / tickets I've had within the past 5 years I believe on the pre-employment application.

Thats unfortunate, take it to court and best of luck to you. When you get to your interview, be honest about it if for some reason the violation sticks with you.

Calm down. Hire a good Laywer. Get it removed from your record. If you find a good lawyer, they can get that off your record no problem. Bummer because it will cost about $300, but at least you won't have to explain it at an interview.

Most likely, if they ask you, it can be a GOOD conversation starter...you may even get some pity out of it. I know several people who've been hosed in a traffic accident police report just because they were young and the other driver was old...despite all the statistics that say, other than teenagers, old people cause the most accidents.

The problem is that there are thousands of applicants with squeaky clean driving records. Why take the chance on someone with a record?

Because the guys with squeaky clean driving records are usually not the kinds of people you would want to have to sit next to for 4 days.

yeah because they are really "taking a chance" on someone that has a speeding ticket, or accident, c'mon get real.

Your Avatar is freaking me out, please change it

There are very few qualified commercial pilots with clean driving records. I'd be a little suspicious of one who did...guys like that call abort at V1-3kts because they forget to fasten their crotch strap.

This incident is nothing...there shouldn't be anything about the actual accident on your record, it should just show up as a moving violation. Assuming you have a reasonably clean record prior to this, it should not be an issue.

My sentiments exactly...

Well said - that is so completely true...!

Guys i just have to say thank you for all the support that everyone has given me!.... every time i need help and i come here i always get the friendly hand that i need... amazing how much this forum can help a soul!

Im feeling a little bit better now... and as many say.... Sh$%t happens... i just hope the person who will sit in front of me interviewing me some day thinks like you guys!

PS: I quit Dominos Pizza today... after more than 2 years working there... its just too risky for my career...

Thanks again.

LoL I don't know why I find that so funny...but you've got me goin'! But anyway, like others have said - it's nothing. I got in a fender-bender almost two years ago and went banana's. And actually, I'd probably be worried if you've never been in an accident. At least we know you're human. :D

what if you got.... a fair amount of speeding tickets? all traffic schooled, but....

I think you should just change careers now. I think you have ruined your chances forever. Bud, you will be fine. In your interview just tell them how important your customers are to you. You were in a hurry because you feared their pizza would be cold. They like those that realize how important customers are to a company along with safety (of coarse) which you jeopardized with your accident!! You will be fine just be upfront in your interview. Get a DMV record prior and know everything on it. A few years ago I had a fellow CFI not get hired because he told them he had a clean record. Come to find out he had 2 speeding tickets and a failure to yield right-of-way that were over 3 years old. Completey forgot to mention and as a result, was fired before he was even hired. Do fight this though. BTW I don't think this should be your priority right now. I would be thinking about how you are going to pay for that over-priced education your receiveing!!! Go to an FBO and save about 50k. Best of luck.

Haha, your kidding right? Pizza Hut is better anyway.

no im not kidding, and i wasnt in a hurry because the customer already received his pizza, and im not doing the "flying" at ERAU so my debt is going to be less than that... oh and im not changing my career ;)

You'll be just fine, dude. I have 5 tickets from long ago (last one was 11 years ago), and Delta didn't bat an eye at them. You're being paranoid.

However, I would try and fight this...as much as you financially can. You might be able to get deferred prosecution or something, and then it would never end up on your record. Though, if it ends up on your record, take responsibility for it in any interview.

Handy

ASA might be cancelling my interview b/c I had too many moving violations 4 in the last 5 years, none in the last 12 mos...3 "stop sign violations," and 1 obstructing traffic. Lots of other places don't seem to care. No DUIs/DWIs.

My University's police made money giving stop sign tickets on "california stops"...and I got nailed 3 times for it (once on ice, where I didn't want to lock up the brakes and slide...guess the CRJ has anti-skid, so it shouldn't matter, but oh well).

My obs. traffic was a case where some old lady wouldn't pull forward enough on the other side of a stop light (traffic backed up in a downtown are)...I entered on a yellow figuring she'd pull up eventually, which she didn't...light turned red, 3 feet of my truck was hanging out in the intersection, and then ANOTHER old lady in the cross-traffic had to (gasp) pull around a little bit to get around me, and honked at me...which provoked an a$#*$()#*$@(#$ motorcycle cop (who always seem to be d-bags with attitutdes) to write the ticket.

University tickets show up? That can't be...and if it is, well I'm lucky to still have a job, 'cause my College rent-a-cops loved ticketing me! :D

What happens if i sent my tickets to "Ticket Cleaning" (and won the case, no points, and ticket removed)... do they still show up in the driving record? should i mention that on an interview??

Jose.

I would steer far, far away from that angle.

Safety is the most important aspect of this job. No airline will buy off on the perception that you might sacrifice safety for anything, including customer service.