DUI and pilot career?
02-02-2007 | 09:07 AM
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"Only if ACTUALLY convicted do you have to notify the FAA"
Rick. Most of the time I agree with you but this is incorrect.
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...i/airman_faqs/
You have to report an administrative action. In my state, that's what happens when you get arrested for DUI.
Rick. Most of the time I agree with you but this is incorrect.
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...i/airman_faqs/
You have to report an administrative action. In my state, that's what happens when you get arrested for DUI.
02-02-2007 | 09:12 AM
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"Only if ACTUALLY convicted do you have to notify the FAA"
Rick. Most of the time I agree with you but this is incorrect.
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...i/airman_faqs/
You have to report an administrative action. In my state, that's what happens when you get arrested for DUI.
Rick. Most of the time I agree with you but this is incorrect.
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...i/airman_faqs/
You have to report an administrative action. In my state, that's what happens when you get arrested for DUI.
The arrest is not an administrative action if nothing comes of it or if it gets reduced to non-DUI violation...if they suspend your DL after the arrest but before the trial (some states do this) that would count I think.
I'd probably call AOPA and see what they have to say.
02-02-2007 | 09:13 AM
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this is the most useless piece of information. We all make mistakes, "majors" hire all kinds of people, and I wouldnt worry about that now with this age 65 thing its going to be a very very long time before he get the chance to "explain" anything to a the HR dept at a major
One mistake. My God, give a man break. This country is going to the socialistic side so fast it's making me sick. I agree if you hurt someone in an accident and you are at fault...you pay for it. Prison, fines, whatever is appropriate. People kill people in cars being stupid and not drunk. Shouldn't they have to tell the airlines they had a fatal crash...rhetorical. My answer is no. The man got a DWI. He will pay for it. It was stupid and a mistake and I am sure he will never make it again. However, he did NOT wreck, hurt or kill anyone. Should I be convicted of murder if I carry an illegal gun even if I don't shoot anybody? Good luck. Quit drinking and driving and life will be fine.
02-02-2007 | 09:38 AM
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One of my students today was looking a little shook up. After a while he told me he got a DUI last night. I am under the impression that something like that is a death blow for an airline career. What should I tell this guy? Is it worth it for him to even keep training?
Make sure he talks to a very good lawyer that specializes in this to minimize the impact on him and his career. These things can get bargained down so he may not have any convictions.
02-02-2007 | 09:42 AM
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The arrest is not an administrative action if nothing comes of it or if it gets reduced to non-DUI violation...if they suspend your DL after the arrest but before the trial (some states do this) that would count I think.
I'd probably call AOPA and see what they have to say.
I'd probably call AOPA and see what they have to say.
02-02-2007 | 09:43 AM
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Your student may not be around much if he's tight on cash. Now a days the Fines and then the fees to get your license back can get up into the thousands of dollars. I know people who had to fight beyond the mandatory period of revocation, I mean years in one case to their license back. It doesn't just end with fines and your license taken away, now a days it much more goes into it. Not to mention what its gonna do car insurance premiums, that is if they don't drop you all together! I would say, as far as he is in his career there are some other things needs to worry about as well, first.
02-02-2007 | 09:46 AM
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Tell him it is a blessing in disguise, Airlines wont want him, especially becuase it is going to be impossible to move up to anything bigger than a 70 seat jet becuase the old miserable basta*ds will be here until their 65 and their isnt going to be any airline jobs..............except for scum ones like MESA & GOJETS.
Don't forget guys managment will start to lower wages becuase, "well now you can work until your 65" This is going to be worse than 9/11 im tellin ya
Don't forget guys managment will start to lower wages becuase, "well now you can work until your 65" This is going to be worse than 9/11 im tellin ya
02-02-2007 | 10:10 AM
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As long as it's not a repeated thing then he should worry too much about it. And as long as he is honest when he goes for an interview then he'll be fine.
02-02-2007 | 10:31 AM
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I come from an EXTREMELY conservative family. Alcohol was always shunned. Went to college and graduated in four years, I had several opportunities to drink, but turned them all down. I was always the designated driver
To this day, I have never even tasted beer/alcohol/rum/wine/etc.... and this is all by pure choice.I would not want you flying my family around.
02-02-2007 | 10:35 AM
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I love it, absolutely brilliant, I agree I mean I am DD when I have to be but I have been known to suck down a few Vodka Tonics, every now and then. Life is too short, besides if you don't drink in this industry, you will have a mental breakdown
