DUI Conviction

Mxsmanic wrote:
gatt writes:
Case closed.


But that really wasn't the question posed either.


No other background information was provided apart from the DUI conviction, so
that was effectively the question posed.

No, he said "Commercial license," not, "ATP" or "Airline job."

He can run his own company with a commercial license and never have to
deal with a job interview.

Surprised you missed that.



-c

Andrew Sarangan wrote:
On Aug 1, 1:20 pm, gatt wrote:

Lots of people make mistakes when they're young and immortal. Assuming
it was just a simple offense and not some sort of crime, the test of
character is going to be whether the behavior was curbed or allowed to
continue.

There is a difference between young adults behaving badly and
knowingly committing a punishable offense. If you were never hurt by a
drunk driver, you may think this is blowing out of proportion.

Maybe. I know somebody who has a DUI on her record for getting pulled
over with an open bottle of Nyquil on her dashboard. They busted her
for driving under the influence when she admitted she'd just taken some
on her way home early from work.

Here in Oregon, there's a new billboard that says you don't have to blow
..08 to get a DUII. WTF does that MEAN? The law states .08. Is it .08,
or isn't it? If you're under .08 and they give you a DUI, and you
plead guilty or No Contest rather than fighting it, does that make you a
bad character?

When I was in college, there were people getting arrested for blowing
under .04, or simply admitting they'd had a drink or taken cold medicine.

(Ironically, also in Oregon, a top-ranking official of the OLCC was
recently arrested for driving under the influence. To quote Homer
Simpson, "DOH!")

-c

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

Someone with a DUI conviction has already demonstrated his willingness to
operate a vehicle while impaired by alcohol.

W R O N G ! ! !

You can get a DUI in many states for driving under the influence of
certain cold medications.


-c

Gig 601Xl Builder wrote:

All that aside let's look at the OP. He shows no remorse about the
"mistake in his youth", in fact he seems to blame the law more than he
blames himself.

Yep, I agree. That may offer more insight than the DUI itself.


-c

gatt writes:

How would you know?

I look things up.

writes:

You've verified this with objective testing for impairment under
controlled conditions and had the data peer reviewed?

Not personally, but I've examined some of the literature.

gatt writes:

You can get a DUI in many states for driving under the influence of
certain cold medications.

That wasn't the case here. He smelled of alcohol.

gatt writes:

When I was in college, there were people getting arrested for blowing
under .04, or simply admitting they'd had a drink or taken cold medicine.

Were they impaired?

Mxsmanic wrote:
gatt writes:


How would you know?


I look things up.

So, you've never actually taken an FAA medical exam with a previous
asthma diagnosis?


-c

Mxsmanic wrote:
gatt writes:


When I was in college, there were people getting arrested for blowing
under .04, or simply admitting they'd had a drink or taken cold medicine.

Were they impaired?

Depends on whom you ask, doesn't it? The police used to/probably
still lurk outside of the tavern and follow people they see go drive
away. It's happened to me, even when I was the designated driver. At
the smallest infraction, they have you.

People get tickets all the time who aren't impaired, but, if you happen
to get one after blowing .02, that doesn't mean you're "impaired," but,
they still busted people until they got smacked down for it.

-c