Becoming a pilot with an arrest...

[FN FAL]

I'm with you two guys...either it is, or it isn't.

I'd take it up with competent counsel and what is law regarding the 10 year background checks. Sounds like a job for a professional.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

alright, this is actually starting to confuse me now! all I know is that my lawyer told me I don't have a criminal record, he did a background check and there is no criminal record for myself. I shouldnt of put the case was "dismissed" I didn't even get pre trial probation which is the lowest possible thing you can get. All I know is they reduced what I had originally gotten, then the judge said if I did the service, he would clear the case.... I had my lawyer look up a criminal record, and I dont have one, so whatever it ended up as. Its not criminal...

see, you have already convinced yourself this didnt happen

did your lawyer do a full FBI background check? fingerprints and all?

bet ya $100 your felony arrest is right there. No job for you, sorry.....especially after you neglected to tell us this on your application. (ever been arrested?) - YES many apps simply ask this these days.

"Oh but my Lawyer told me it was expunged"

you know the rest....

Just always be truthful and have the story straight. Everyone has done stupid $hit - you just got caught. Just dont lie, everyone hates a liar -- only thing worse is a liar who blames his lawyer...

 

[SeanAucoin]

I have talked to many people. If i explained what happend to the airlines, im sure they would understand..wouldnt you...perfectly clean record, im filimg a movie for school and some guy trys to get me on assault with a dangerous weapon haha a cap gun? even the judge and DA thought it was a complete joke. once I explained the whole thing I don't see why id have to worry about it

 

[Icelandair]

That is f'ing gay that you would even get in trouble for using a cap gun anyway. What are the gun control second amendment hating nuts going to do next, want to outlaw them too?

 

[FN FAL]

I have talked to many people. If i explained what happend to the airlines, im sure they would understand..wouldnt you...perfectly clean record, im filimg a movie for school and some guy trys to get me on assault with a dangerous weapon haha a cap gun? even the judge and DA thought it was a complete joke. once I explained the whole thing I don't see why id have to worry about it

Believe me Sean, I understand your plight. We all make mistakes and now-a-days simple shiat turns into a federal case.

I'd get professional legal advice before filling out any application...it's worth the money.

Besides, who would exclude an applicant for such a simple thing?

10 years ago, I could have shown up at any tavern in Green Bay on holloween wearing my paintball web gear, face paint and a beret. Now, there might be some freak a calling 911 saying there was a "terroristimo" in the compound.

If you have any concerns, spend them with a lawyer. At least then you'll know what's what.

 

[zkmayo]

Sean,

An additional problem here is that you are competing for a job with a ton of guys that dont have anything on their record. In most, but not all airlines eyes, a blemish like that is enough to disqualify you bc the other competitive candidates dont have that "baggage." Im not saying that all companies would do this, but some will. You may find a company out there that is more understanding/humane in its background checks. Whatever the case, as its been said before, be honest in all apps and interviews.

It's your record, and its your right and responsibility to make sure its accurate. I would do everything possible to find out exactly what your record says on it and get a copy. Get a letter from the judge maybe that explains what exactly happened legally...

Good luck

 

[FN FAL]

Sean,

An additional problem here is that you are competing for a job with a ton of guys that dont have anything on their record. In most, but not all airlines eyes, a blemish like that is enough to disqualify you bc the other competitive candidates dont have that "baggage." Im not saying that all companies would do this, but some will. You may find a company out there that is more understanding/humane in its background checks. Whatever the case, as its been said before, be honest in all apps and interviews.

It's your record, and its your right and responsibility to make sure its accurate. I would do everything possible to find out exactly what your record says on it and get a copy. Get a letter from the judge maybe that explains what exactly happened legally...

Good luck

I agree with you ZK, but as we all know, "kids will be kids".

I would consider all those without blemishes as "Unknown Quantities". Consider the Comair guy that was highlighted in the news with bandage around his head after breaking into a stadium's club room. He got tackled by the cops and wound up in the news with a big "towel head" bandange on his head.

I bet he had a "clean record" when he got hired.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

That is f'ing gay that you would even get in trouble for using a cap gun anyway. What are the gun control second amendment hating nuts going to do next, want to outlaw them too?

cap guns look identical to real guns these days. They are not little square toys with strips of caps hanging out of them anymore. same for air guns and paintball guns.

If I was a cop and you point one at me, Im not going to take the time to tell the difference - Im just going to kill you.

Then your family will sue me, the city, the manufacturer, and whoever else they can.

when you reach the age the original poster was when he did this stupid prank you should know better.

Toy guns are toys to 6 year olds, not 16yr olds.

 

[SeanAucoin]

hey Zk and FN atleast you guys understand. some people just go straight for the "you wont be able to get a job" answer I talked with kathy and she is going to run a background check and see what it comes up as. I maen I think when you really look at it, if I explained it. you'd probally get a chuckle out of it. I know the judge did..

 

[English]

Have Kathy help you with your delivery, then, because it didn't come across the way I think you intended it.

 

[FN FAL]

hey Zk and FN atleast you guys understand. some people just go straight for the "you wont be able to get a job" answer I talked with kathy and she is going to run a background check and see what it comes up as. I maen I think when you really look at it, if I explained it. you'd probally get a chuckle out of it. I know the judge did..

You don't have herpes with this thing...but to find the real answer, you're going to need professional help.

I'd spend the money, if I were you.

 

[zkmayo]

I agree with you ZK, but as we all know, "kids will be kids".
.

Amen, brother. I look back at some of the stuff I did and I amazed I never got arrested. Like someone said before, we all screwed around, we just never got caught.

"You ever convicted of a felony?"
"Convicted? No, never convicted."
--Stripes

 

[FN FAL]

Amen, brother. I look back at some of the stuff I did and I amazed I never got arrested. Like someone said before, we all screwed around, we just never got caught.

"You ever convicted of a felony?"
"Convicted? No, never convicted."
--Stripes

Hysteria...go figure. Its o.k. to drive down a state highway with five feet separating fender to fender at a closing rate of 120 miles an hour, but some dumb kid buzz jobs his high school and it becomes a Deparment of Homeland Security issue. We're doomed as a society.

 

[SeanAucoin]

Yea society these days is pretty crazy compared to what my uncles and family and friends parent could get away with back in the day.

Can I just get a few straight answers...is it worth my time to go through the training to become an airline pilot?

Sean

 

[FN FAL]

Yea society these days is pretty crazy compared to what my uncles and family and friends parent could get away with back in the day.

Can I just get a few straight answers...is it worth my time to go through the training to become an airline pilot?

Sean

In three words or less, YEA! Get it on brother!