ACA & Traffic tickets

[acaTerry]

TAKE ANACONDA FOR EXAMPLE

Take Anaconda for example.....
His profile brags about his being in the army. "Fly army" it says. Everyone knows if he had thoughtit out that HE SHOULD HAVE JOINED THE MARINES!!!!
Just a little humor from a grunt....

 

[Anaconda]

actually, in college i took some a few naval rotc classes. they gave us an opportunity to go to quantico for a week and check out the basic school. that was all i needed to see to know i didn't want to go down that road...

 

[StaySeated]

Tickets Etc...

Last year I would have said "get your NDR and a copy of your records from any state you have had a license in". However, the finger printing required for all SIDA badge employees has thrown a wrinkle in that logic. Your NDR only shows suspensions, revocations, and dui's. If you have never had one of these, you have no record at the NDR. You should still request a copy to make sure there have been no mistaken entries. One important note, some things that show up on your NDR are perishable, one may have a suspension on their NDR then ? years later it just goes away. I should say, it USED to go away. Now, with the FBI finger print background check, every fricken thing you have ever done is sent to your employer. Got a ticket at 16 for ten over that is no longer on your state driving record, it is still on the FBI's. Get a municipal ticket for drinking a beer underage, the FBI has that too. I recommend following ALPA's advice, go to your local police station and get fingerprinted. Then send the prints and an $18 check to the FBI (forgot the address, it is on the alpa website). A few weeks later you will get a scary copy in the mail of what you ate for breakfast 11 years ago, along with all your other miscues. Good luck, and just be honest.

 

[Anaconda]

Courtesy of ALPA

Obtaining a Copy of a Criminal History Background Check

Airlines have been conducting criminal background checks of all new and existing employees, looking back 10 years from the date of application, as mandated by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA). The potential for abuse and misuse of these background checks is great—and errors undoubtedly will be made in carrying out a task this enormous, which involves hundreds of thousands of workers.

The Delta pilots’ Master Executive Council (MEC) recently issued an alert to all Delta pilots, providing information on how individual flightcrew members may obtain a copy of their criminal background check.

"It’s like getting a credit check before applying for a loan," advises Capt. Dennis Dolan, ALPA’s first vice-president and chairman of ALPA’s Security Task Force. "It costs about $34, and you get an answer back in about 10 days."

You may obtain a criminal history records check (CHRC) in two ways:

1. After completing your fingerprinting through your airline’s human resources department or other party as part of your records check, you can ask that a copy be provided to you via letter.

2. You may also send a written request to the FBI with the following information:

complete name;
date and place of birth;
address;
proof of identification—e.g., copy of driver’s license, passport, etc.;
a complete original set of rolled-ink fingerprints, which may be obtained from any local police department or fingerprinting company listed in the yellow pages of the telephone book (nominal charge of $2 to $10); and
certified check or money order for $18.00 made out to the Treasury of the United States.
Send the request by mail or overnight delivery service to FBI—CJIS Division, SCU-MOD-D2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306.

You should receive your results in about 10 days. When you receive your record, it should include instructions for disputing an entry. You may then correct the record with accurate information, in a way similar to correcting a credit report.

 

[KingAirer]

If uve had a ticket, that you went to court for and was able to take a driving school for to "get off your record", Does this show up anywhere? Would you need to answer that uve had a ticket if this is the only one youve gotten?

 

[RichO]

Wow, what a thread.........I do have to say that just because someone has 5 tickets when their 16 does not equate to how they grew up....let's face it, 16, that's young....now 26....most people went through a life change between 16 and 26......just my two cents.....though, unfortuately anything can keep you from an airline job these.....some companies might being using that as an elimination factor, but I wouldn't worry too much about it...just keep plugging away at sending out those resumes you'll get hired through pure persistance........

 

[willis]

Thanks for all of the advice! Thanks anaconda! You're darn right FLY ARMY! I have come up with a really good explanation of my past driving record which I will present my interviewers this week. I'm not too worried about it this company has hired guys with DUI's etc...
acaTerry
if you read the post correctly you would have realized that I wasn't making excuses. I was trying to understand the rationale and decision making process the airline goes through in weeding out candidates. If I wanted to be insulted by you I would have asked for someone to insult me. Until then read the post, and answer accordingly.

 

[ivauir]

What to do with Traffic School ...

"If uve had a ticket, that you went to court for and was able to take a driving school for to "get off your record", Does this show up anywhere? Would you need to answer that uve had a ticket if this is the only one youve gotten?"

It is not on the record to your insurance company, and it adds no points, but the cops know about it so I assume that the airlines can find out about it too. In my case I just reported it, because by taking the class you are essentially pleading guilty (no contest). Really a couple of tickets (not too fast, not too many, not too recent) is no big deal. Don't sweat it and don't get any more.

 

[DarnNearaJet]

Interviewer: How many speeding tickets have you ever gotten?"

Applicant: I got a few back in college. But I honestly don't remember how many since its been OVER TEN YEARS!!"

Contrary to want the self-righteous preachers on this board say, people do change. Driving habits improve. Responsibility increases with age.

Check your NDR report and every state you've ever had a license in. Report what they'll see. If there are others in your past simply state the qoute above. Honestly, do you keep records that far back?

"I don't recall" worked for Ronald Reagan.

 

[RichO]

And on that note.......amen......

 

[acaTerry]

To Willis

Willis,
I did not intend in manner, way, shape or form to insult you. Sorry if it came out that way. Just an irate response from someone who lost a loved one to a 17 year old with a "need for speed". The response from the kid was hauntingly similar to when you said that you were "MADE to get tickets". I may have taken that out of context, but it did sound at least to me that you blame it on youth instead of yourself.
In any case, keep trying. Everyone does something sometime. Just show how you are a better man today and sooner or later it will work out. Probably after the industry stabilizes again and you are not competing with so many people for the same darn job. now you need about 250 PIC Space Shuttle hours to get a job flying a Junkstream....