Misdemeanors and Airline Pilots
12-23-2018, 07:22 AM
#31
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,896
Clearing the legal fallout skillfully outweighs billing concerns IMHO. No contest pleas for simple possession and paraphernalia misdemeanors don't typically indicate a first dance stumble either. Prompting deeper questions into when it started and why the experimental turned routine. Detailed examination & monitoring of the recovery plan going forward. Going to be a long climb. BTW, I began smoking cigarettes at 14. Dope shortly thereafter. Liked drinking a whole lot more. No random testing back then. No random testing when I taxied clear across a major airport at dawn, oblivious no one had bothered to contact a ground controller either. Didn't like the testing rule change when it came down. I do now. Airline work; endless procedure, regulation, compliance. Hide any dependence on this job, get good at living in denial. You've become dangerous. Co-workers are trained to identify and report on-duty substance abuse suspicions to supervisors & enforcement personnel without hesitation. They WILL do as trained. Meanwhile, we can practice walking perp.
Watching local news this week, saw where an older woman blew a stop sign and a school bus flipped over. No one critically hurt. With media jackals close-up recording a stream of tears mixing into snot pouring from her nose, she sobbed on about having some wine coolers into the night before, nothing new. No way it caused that she said, I'm devastated. Too late. The big party week is here friends. Look out for each other and have yourself a Merry Christmas.
Watching local news this week, saw where an older woman blew a stop sign and a school bus flipped over. No one critically hurt. With media jackals close-up recording a stream of tears mixing into snot pouring from her nose, she sobbed on about having some wine coolers into the night before, nothing new. No way it caused that she said, I'm devastated. Too late. The big party week is here friends. Look out for each other and have yourself a Merry Christmas.
12-30-2018, 11:47 AM
#32
On Reserve
Thread Starter
Joined APC: Dec 2018
Posts: 11
While I disagree with JBs condescending and rude comments, I think intend to agree with his position. I think you will have a career in Aviation, but I don't think it will be the career you want. You'll get on with a regional, but I dont know where you'll be able to go from there. If aviation is the only thing you have ever dreamed of, sure go for it and do everything in your power to turn this around, otherwise I would pursue something else. It stinks because many have done what you have done, but they didnt get caught.
01-10-2019, 10:30 PM
#34
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2018
Posts: 31
You may be required to report it now anyway, if so I would report it. Not reporting it can get you in far more trouble than reporting it and being honest, then taking the punishment.
01-13-2019, 06:09 PM
#35
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2017
Posts: 690
Just to clarify, since the charge did NOT involve drugs/alcohol WHILE operating a motor vehicle, he only needs to report a conviction of said charges to the FAA or any employer, not an arrest.
Anyone can be arrested for anything for any reason......
Anyone can be arrested for anything for any reason......
01-13-2019, 07:52 PM
#36
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,300
If the employer asks "have you ever been arrested for" and he has been arrested, then he needs to answer in the affirmative.
