Why no calls to interview? Is it my speeding tickets?

JayAre said:
Have over a 1000hrs TPIC, 135 captain, ATP, excellent recommendations internal and external.
But several speeding tickets.

What is the limit of speeding tickets they allow?
How long do the tickets stay on my record?

Discuss.....
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Only report the tickets that are on your drivers abstract, which you can get from your DMV, and technically speaking, if you look at the PRIA paperwork you only have to report what's on your NDR file (National Drivers Register). So, if you have 10 tickets on your state file, you may have 0 on your NDR, which means you could report 0. Now, I wouldn't want to play that game of chance, but that's how the paperwork reads out. Been down the interview road a few times recently, and I only report what's on my drivers abstract which is 1 ticket 1 suspension. My personal NDR is actually 0 tickets and no suspension because the state of IL didn't report it to the NDR, so when an airline pulls my file they see nothing, but I admitted to what my abstract said... As for how long... that's state dependent. IL is 7 years for all moving violations except for DUI/DWI, vehicular manslaughter, and something else I can't recall.... Good luck! I'd call SkyWest directly, if it were me, and DEFINITELY go to a job fair...
 
The OP should slow down, but at the same time I fail to see the correlation between non-flying indiscretions and flying ones. Assuming his flying record is fine. I've met plenty of jackwagons that are "perfect", and plenty of awesome guys with records you just wouldn't believe. I'm not HR though. I don't think anyone in this thread is. Why all the flack? I don't know the OPs real name, don't know if I met him in SLC when I trained there or not. Can't say if he falls under "jackwagon with a record" or "jackwagon with a perfect record". A jackwagon is a jackwagon to me. Whatever I guess...

Now, if you want to tell him that HR is using it as an excuse to weed out his resume among hundreds on file, fine.
 
Boris Badenov said:
He'd make a great MU-2 pilot! :D

If it were me, speeding tickets would be a "Meh" level yellow flag, accidents (particularly those for which you were found to be at fault) would be a "Oh hellz no" red flag. But that's probably why I'm not in charge of hiring anyone. BTW, I haven't had a speeding ticket for ~10 years, and don't expect one anytime soon. Although I will "confess" with false modesty that my last one was for 130 (and accelerating) in a 55. Long story. But I was Young, then.
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Jesus! Was the front end getting light? :D
 
Boris Badenov said:
It was like 2am on a divided highway (vs. expressway) in like rural NC. My buddy and I had driven down there to meet some girls, and we were late. There were literally zero headlights as far as the eye could see, and I was in my much-missed MR-2 Turbo. It was a straight shot with no one to hit. Then the cop hiding in the median turned on his lights.

I certainly wouldn't do anything like that at 36, but at 26? Well, you know. In the annals of me being stupid, I think it was actually one of my lesser transgressions.

As to losing the license, I was lucky enough to do it in a podunk town/county that gets LOTS of revenue from speeding tickets. I "hired" one of the ten or twelve attorneys who immediately sent ads to my address of record, and, because (due to the "severity" of the offense) I had to show up for Court, I literally handed him a brown paper bag with $300 in it. I then watched him walk over to the Prosecutor and a have an (at most) ten second conversation. Magically, I pled to 10 over, paid a fine, and that was it. The only thing that shocks me is that he didn't just go ahead and give the Prosecutor his cut right there. :D

Yay, Government!
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Assuming you got some, TOTALLY worth it! NOT even kidding! :)
 
aobt14 said:
Because you sit so high and mighty on your throne? I almost forgot that you must be perfect. No offense, but I would hate to fly with someone who has your attitude.
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Whoa! Settle down now Francis. Explain to me how that many tickets in that short of time doesn't look like being careless and reckless? We've all (mostly) had tickets. Give it a few years with out some tickets and everything changes.
 
aobt14 said:
Because you sit so high and mighty on your throne? I almost forgot that you must be perfect. No offense, but I would hate to fly with someone who has your attitude.
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What throne? mshunter is absolutely correct in his opinion. Airline hiring, especially in the wake of CJC3407, is a serious event. If the powers that be see a history of blatant disregard for 'following the rules' this is absolutely going to weigh heavily in their decision making process. They don't know you and can only formulate their opinion based on objective data when sorting through applications. A person with a long history of speeding tickets will absolutely be looked upon negatively. Plain and simple.

So the suggestion that the OP attend a job fair and get face time is highly recommended. At least the OP can help alleviate some of the objectivity and interject a little subjectivity by getting face time and making a good impression. At this point, (s)he's going to have to jump through all the hoops and more to stand out as a suitable candidate, all while ceasing immediately on getting more traffic violations (or any other kind of violations for that matter).
 
mshunter said:
Whoa! Settle down now Francis. Explain to me how that many tickets in that short of time doesn't look like being careless and reckless? We've all (mostly) had tickets.
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Speak for yourself, sir. (Of course, I might get one on my way to the fair today, too.)

Cruise said:
What throne? mshunter is absolutely correct in his opinion. Airline hiring, especially in the wake of CJC3407, is a serious event. If the powers that be see a history of blatant disregard for 'following the rules' this is absolutely going to weigh heavily in their decision making process. They don't know you and can only formulate their opinion based on objective data when sorting through applications. A person with a long history of speeding tickets will absolutely be looked upon negatively. Plain and simple.
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It's like college applications. The pool is limited by data. Whether or not it's bad data is another question, but I do have to wonder what the big damn hurry is.
 
When I was reviewing applications for Army Flight Training slots and making recommendations to Commanders, I paid a lot of attention to a driving records. The general consensus is that your driving record is a reflection of your attitude.

If you're willing to exceed a "LIMIT" over and over again in your car, you'll do it in my aircraft as well. This means you don't respect the rules or the limits established for safety. This means, if hired, you won't respect the SOP, FARs, Vne, engine limits, etc......

Then consider the fact that you have been cited multiple times. This tells me, you either will not/can not or choose not, to not learn from your mistakes/errors.

These aren't the best traits in aviation. This environment is just to unforgiving.......
 
Those assumptions are a bunch of nonsense. One has nothing to do with the other. I pretty much ignore traffic laws, because I consider them to be nothing more than revenue generation schemes 90% of the time, and nothing remotely related to safety. But my employer pays me to operate the aircraft a certain way, so that's exactly what I do. When the government starts paying me to operate my car a certain way, maybe I'll care what speed they want me to drive. Until then, I'll do what I consider to be safe, and let my attorney sort out any problems.
 
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