bxreporter
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Here's a weird question: what impact does my driving record have on student acceptance at flight academies, and on my future aviation career in general?
Background. I'm 31 now. Back in the day, when I was like 17 and 18, I got my DL suspended for not paying surcharges on some speeding tickets. I was a reckless youth and didn't care. I got busted for driving while suspended a few times.
Eventually I got tired of shelling out fines and stopped driving. I later moved out of state, from the country to the city. I found I didn't need to drive and never bothered to get my DL back. It wasn't necessary to get by.
Now here I am, 10 year later, with my act cleaned up. I'm looking to fulfill a dream by heading to one of the FL flight academies, and on all the apps I see questions about my DL. I'm getting ready to head out to make sure that all of the black marks against me are gone, and to get a new DL -- the old, bad one expired back in 1992.
How will all of this impact me when it comes to flight training and my aviation career thereafter? All of the tickets were speeding for speeding or driving suspended. The moving violations were back in 1989. There were no DWI/DUI violations -- I may have been stupid, but not that stupid.
I look forward to any input that you may have.
Cheers,
Chris
(who is shocked that he aired all his old dirty laundry to a bunch of strangers)
Background. I'm 31 now. Back in the day, when I was like 17 and 18, I got my DL suspended for not paying surcharges on some speeding tickets. I was a reckless youth and didn't care. I got busted for driving while suspended a few times.
Eventually I got tired of shelling out fines and stopped driving. I later moved out of state, from the country to the city. I found I didn't need to drive and never bothered to get my DL back. It wasn't necessary to get by.
Now here I am, 10 year later, with my act cleaned up. I'm looking to fulfill a dream by heading to one of the FL flight academies, and on all the apps I see questions about my DL. I'm getting ready to head out to make sure that all of the black marks against me are gone, and to get a new DL -- the old, bad one expired back in 1992.
How will all of this impact me when it comes to flight training and my aviation career thereafter? All of the tickets were speeding for speeding or driving suspended. The moving violations were back in 1989. There were no DWI/DUI violations -- I may have been stupid, but not that stupid.
I look forward to any input that you may have.
Cheers,
Chris
(who is shocked that he aired all his old dirty laundry to a bunch of strangers)