Airline Background checks?

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jcrens8392

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Does anyone here know of anyone that got denied an airline job based solely on a relatively minor misdemeanor charge like a disorderly conduct when they were in college? What about other more serious misdemeanor charges like assault or anything in between the two? Thanks in advance.
 
I can't really comment on anything specific right now. The case that I'm referring to is still open. I'm just wandering what the effects will be in the worst-case scenario.
 
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It depends on what you did and when you did it.

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Which would be my answer.

Also, take a peek at this.
 
My wife got turned down for a job at SWA based on her background check. Considering she's had stable employment and no criminal record, we had no idea what it was. When we called the company to find out what the problem was, we were told "We can't give out that information." Shortly thereafter, SWA stopped using that company since they kept dropping the ball. Not sure if one of her previous employers screwed her over (<cough>Disney<cough>) or if the company that was conducting the check screwed up. Either way, it cost her a CSA job at SWA.....
 
I am currently filling out an application for an airline I interviewed with and on the background form it states the following:

"You must be told if information in your file has been used against you.
Anyone who uses information from a CRA to take action against you-such as denying an application for credit, insurance, or employment- must tell you, and give you the name, address, and phone number of the CRA that provided the consumer report."

So I would think that SWA would be required to give you that information.
 
If its drugs or alcohol, you need to tell the FAA about it, or you'll be in deeper [censored] then you expected.

Let me just say that airlines or the FAA don't look too highly on drug or alcohol offenses...I know from an indirect experience (no it wasn't me).
 
Yeah, we were thinking that SWA should have told us, too. I talked to the recruiter that hired me, and he gave me a person's number in Dallas, called her and she gave us the number to the background check company, and then we hit a brick wall. It's a moot point since this was over three years ago. It's just kinda frustrating since she would probably still be working there.
 
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My wife got turned down for a job at SWA based on her background check. Considering she's had stable employment and no criminal record, we had no idea what it was. When we called the company to find out what the problem was, we were told "We can't give out that information." Shortly thereafter, SWA stopped using that company since they kept dropping the ball. Not sure if one of her previous employers screwed her over (<cough>Disney<cough>) or if the company that was conducting the check screwed up. Either way, it cost her a CSA job at SWA.....

[/ QUOTE ]How long ago was this? Barring some interesting tidbit you didn't include, she is legally entitled to know what info in her background check resulted in her non-hire. If they fail to provide that info, they're violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Much easier to disclose all, and I mean ALL, possible information that might, or might not, show up on a background check well in advance. Such as that first phone call, they will ask those questions, and then again during interviews. Better to tell them up front then try to explain why you didn't when they find out. And they will find out, don't worry about that.
 
Do you have to list a misdeamnor on a airline app if it was expunged?
Back in 98 a former friend of mine was stupid and decided to steal several t-bones from Krogers.
While he was shoplifting he was wearing my coat. As we checked out and were geting ready to head back into the snow I asked for my coat back.
As we walked out we were both stopped and frisked and arrested! There was a round steak in one pocket of my "bubble goose" and several potatos.
He had two steaks in his pants and some steaks in his socks!
Danny told the police I wasn't at fault but we both got arrested for theft.
I got 3 months probation he got one year probation cause it apparently wasn't his first time.
Anyways I got it expunged so technically it wouldn't show up on a background check.
When it gets time for me to drop some airline apps should I include it just in case it shows up on the FBI background check?

-Matthew
 
I think if it's expunged it doesn't exist anymore. If they can't use it against you in court, then I'm pretty sure the FAA can't use it.
 
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Do you have to list a misdeamnor on a airline app if it was expunged?
Back in 98 a former friend of mine was stupid and decided to steal several t-bones from Krogers.
While he was shoplifting he was wearing my coat. As we checked out and were geting ready to head back into the snow I asked for my coat back.
As we walked out we were both stopped and frisked and arrested! There was a round steak in one pocket of my "bubble goose" and several potatos.
He had two steaks in his pants and some steaks in his socks!
Danny told the police I wasn't at fault but we both got arrested for theft.
I got 3 months probation he got one year probation cause it apparently wasn't his first time.
Anyways I got it expunged so technically it wouldn't show up on a background check.
When it gets time for me to drop some airline apps should I include it just in case it shows up on the FBI background check?

-Matthew

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I have heard of things like that showing up, but it also depends on the company and the application. They may just ask for felonies, may ask for any, may ask for any not including speeding tickets and such??? It all depends on what they ask. If they ask anything that might be related to your situation, disclose all that information, and let them know what you learned from the incident. That way you are not going to be hiding anything at all. It cannot hurt to disclose too much in this regard on an interview, because honesty is the best policy. They will find out, and if they don't findo out from you first, they will assume that you are hiding something - it looks as though you are being dishonest.

My own .02 of advice...
Its better to tell a potential employer of the holes you have climbed out of, then it is to find that your in a hole with your potential employer.
 
Well I work for a bank and it didn't come up on the 10 yr. background check for pre-employment. But I have heard that the FAA 10 yr. background check is extremely throural (sp).

-Matthew
 
Ah, the upside to having to deal with the nonsense I went through to fly out of the DC3. I've had my record checked by the Secret Service, FBI, and TSA.

If there's anything there, they'd have found it.
 
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I've had my record checked by the Secret Service, FBI, and TSA.

If there's anything there, they'd have found it.

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Don't be so sure!
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Don't be so sure!
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<cough>Jeff Gannon<cough>

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True, true.

But then, I'm not sucking up <rimshot> to the press secretary of the White House to make them look better.

Some of the folks in the White House now probably think along the lines of "we can't let one of dem damn furriners fly around here."

"But sir, he was born and raised in the US."

"Don't matter. Once you let one of dem dirty yellow bastards fly, you're screwed. It'll be Pearl Harbor all over again."
 
Wow just stumbled across this post from quite a while ago. Figure I'd update anyone in case they're in a similar situation. I got into a fight in college and got a ticket for minor misdemeanor, disorderly conduct. Stupid but I was honest on job apps and nobody cared. In fact, the head of the port authority for a city I applied to said if he got in trouble for every scrap he got into in college he wouldn't be head of the port authority. I should mention I never went for an airline job but now, several years later, after several jobs and tons of interviews, I can't imagine they'd be too hard on you for something as minor as that.
 
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