Mitchell T

I just recently got an interview with American Eagle. I was curious how a poor driving record weighs in on getting hired. I had a suspension about 4 years ago and currently one chargable offense in the past three years. My history is not very good with one accident and three tickets. If anyone has any idea if thats disqualifying or what not I would greatly appreciate it.

sarcasticspasti

Go to the National Driver Registry:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/perform/driver/

Buy a copy of your report. Report everything proactively to American Eagle. Never lie, they WILL find out and you WILL lose your job. Admit your mistakes, accept responsibility for them, and hopefully show how you are changing so that you won't make the mistakes again. If there are no drug or alcohol related offenses you should do fine. Pilots tend to drive fast.

dittidano

[QUOTE=Mitchell T]I just recently got an interview with American Eagle. I was curious how a poor driving record weighs in on getting hired. I had a suspension about 4 years ago and currently one chargable offense in the past three years. My history is not very good with one accident and three tickets. If anyone has any idea if thats disqualifying or what not I would greatly appreciate it.[/QUOTE

Time is your friend, the further your charges are behind you the better. Even if a person got a DUI; if its in the past(3-5) years, you would probably be alright. I have heard that honesty is the factor that they look at. This is just what I have heard from a couple different people.

mike734

If they look at it, it won't be a plus. You better come up with a good story. If I were looking at 1000 apps for 50 positions I would reject you. Sorry. When I did some interviewing for ACA years ago we did not look at driving records but it was amazing how superior candidates stood out. You'd be surprised at how sloppy and disorganized some people can be. Look and act like the responsible guy your driving record doesn't reflect and you have a shot.

rickair7777

The previous post is right, BUT since you already have the interview your chances are much better. They want to hear your side of it.

The one ticket in the last three years is nothing (assuming it wasn't reckless or somethimg like that).

The suspension 4 years ago might or might not be a big deal...If you're 23 and it happened when you were 19...a person can grow up a lot in 4 years.

But if you're 38 and you had your license suspended at age 34, they will probably assume that if you hadn't learned by age 34 you never will...

Eagle is pretty stringent (they assume that you will end up at mainline someday). Other regionals might be more forgiving. Like the other guy said: DO NOT LIE. Even if your record is expunged...it might be expunged at the county level, but not in other places. Remember there's a federal background check involved.

WEACLRS

Everything else had better be outstanding...things like all first time passes on your certificates and ratings, never failed an FAA exam, good grades in college, excellent CFI pass rate, excellent recommendations, etc...and come across in the interview as someone they would want to fly with...

fosters

My driving record (interviewed in middle of '05):

• Suspended license when I was 17 (interviewed @ 24) for a moving violation under 18
• 3 Tickets: 1 red light (1998), 1 disobeying traffic control device (2004), 1 speeding (2004)
• Multiple accidents - I rear end no damage, one skidding off road due to ice, and several were people hitting me

Eagle called me. So did Colgan, CommutAir, AWAC, ASA, and a slew of others.

You'll be ok as long as you disclose everything. ALSO, just because the NDR doesn't have it listed doesn't mean Eagle or whomever can find it - records exist in county court records even if it wasn't reported to the NDR (and yes, there are databases that list your COMPLETE driving record, so report EVERYTHING!!).

Short Bus Drive

FROM EXPERIENCE!!!
BRING YOUR NDR WITH YOU! I interviewed at Eagle back in 1998.(Along with others,ACA,PSA,etc...). Had an incident on my record, was on the app, talked about it at the interview,...
Anyway, long story short, was "hired", got a class date (the whole FedEx pack), then 4 days before the class, got a standard "Thanks for interviewing", but no, good luck in your endeavors... Max Griffin
It seems (I found this out through a friend of mine at ACA), my NDR had two dates on it. The date of the Violation (with a "V" next to the date), and a month later the date of the Order of Suspension of my driver's license (an "O" next to it).
They thought I had TWO of the same violations within a month!!!
Unfortunately (or ACTUALLY fortunately), I couldn't do anything about it, 'cause on the application there is a clause that says they can hire/fire at anytime for ANY cause, and you sign it.
I say fortunately, because I ended up getting hired at Colgan, and within 6 months had a 1900 type, and a year later had a SF-340 type, and moved on to jets (DC-9, A320 type). Probably would still be sitting in the right seat at Eagle, or left seat junior in SJU.?
So just make sure they and you understand what your NDR staes.
Good Luck.

atpwannabe

What about this:

1 bad check conviction - 2000

Charges dropped/dismissed:
burglary - 2005
battery - 2003
Resisting w/o violence - 2003

All are misdemeanors except for the burglary. It's a felony charge. However, after the DA did their investigation, they dismissed the charges against me in all the dropped cases. Will that be held against me? Do the airlines look at the fact that charges were dropped and I have only one conviction?

Any advice?

Pilotpip

Thousands of people with no convictions versus you with a conviction. Also, there's something about moral charater within the requirements of an ATP. I'm not saying no, or that people don't learn from there mistakes but two years wasn't that long ago and if I were in HR I'd have a number of qualified people that didn't raise any questions.