Majors / Background Checks

[AeroDork]

Everyone,

I'm working on my airlineapps profile in hopes of an interview with a Major. I've had a 2 or 3 speeding tickets in the past, the last one being 2002 or sooner. I have no idea of the dates. I had a check of my driver's records done by a professional background service (the owner's husband's an Alaska pilot - member here) that came back clean, but they only go back 7 years. She checked all county and state records I've lived in. How do I go about handling this on airlineapps that asks for dates of all tickets, as well as an interview? I don't want anything to come out on a background check that tanks me, and I don't want to come across as dishonest in an interview by offering that I answered that I've never have any tickets, but I really have and just don't know the dates. Any advice?

 

[fu69atacafyeah]

So be honest with them in the interview, tell them you can't remember the specific date(s), if you want. PRIA requests (which you will sign off on) SHOULD only show the last 5 years of info from the national driver registry. Also the NDR info SHOULD only show the current status of your drivers license, any DWI/DUI info from the last 5 years, and any suspensions or revocations of your drivers license from the last 5 years....

 

[scoreboardII]

Ditto, tell them everything, they'd think there was an issue if you didn't have tickets. Those online checks can't see the info an airline can see doing LEO database searches.

 

[Erlanger]

Here's some PRIA info.

http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/6682e86bd8291e138625775b006ea3e4/$FILE/AC%20120-68E.pdf

 

[-FlyAuburn-]

Ditto, tell them everything, they'd think there was an issue if you didn't have tickets. Those online checks can't see the info an airline can see doing LEO database searches.

Damn. I really don't have tickets. Last one was when I was 18. I'm 35 now so it's been a while. I drive like a granny most of the time, and I've been very lucky the other times. So are they gonna think there is an issue if I really don't have tickets? I'm sure there are plenty of guys with clean driving records..

 

[RJLoser]

Ditto, tell them everything, they'd think there was an issue if you didn't have tickets. Those online checks can't see the info an airline can see doing LEO database searches.

Airlines do not do LE (LEO) searches. NDR and FBI is checked.
LE files contain information that is illegal for an employer to have access to such as sealed or expunged files.

 

[SWA Bubba]

Hey, look at it this way: if the General can pass a background check, then anyone can.

Tell the truth; you'll be fine. A couple of speeding tickets more than ten years ago isn't going to hurt you.

Bubba

 

[AeroDork]

Tell the truth; you'll be fine. A couple of speeding tickets more than ten years ago isn't going to hurt you.

Thanks everyone. My concern isn't with the number of tickets I've received. It's with how to list them on airlineapps.com when I have no idea of the dates of when they occurred. On airlineapps, if you enter an infraction you have to enter a date or you get an error message. Is it going to reflect poorly if I list none, but in an interview say "I listed no tickets on my application, but..."? Has anyone else around here encountered this issue?

 

[Dash Power]

Put yourself in their shoes and you are interviewing a candidate and you have 45 minutes to determine their character, values, ethics, etc. And you discover they didn't put something on their app that they were aware of all along. You are representing your company and its future so your job is to find the best person for the job and you have 11 others out in the lobby who did fill out their app properly. You can't hire them all so which one are you going to choose to match your character, values, ethics, etc.

There are many things you are not in control of in the interview process but the things you are in control of put 110% effort into doing it absolutely right. That is what is going to get noticed. Any hint of dishonesty is not worth the airlines investment. If you honestly don't know the exact date just honestly put down your best guess. Almost everyone who gets hired has gotten basic traffic tickets. Speeding, not timing a red light right, failure to yield, etc.

Any hint of dishonesty is a sure way of not getting offered an airline job.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Thanks everyone. My concern isn't with the number of tickets I've received. It's with how to list them on airlineapps.com when I have no idea of the dates of when they occurred. On airlineapps, if you enter an infraction you have to enter a date or you get an error message. Is it going to reflect poorly if I list none, but in an interview say "I listed no tickets on my application, but..."? Has anyone else around here encountered this issue?

Pay the $20 or $30 and enlist one of those private websites. There are companies that mine electronic state records and keep it indefinitely. Just google "driving records" or something similar.

Like it or not, even if your driving infractions have been expunged from state databases they most likely exist somewhere on the internet, unfortunately.