olderndirt wrote on Feb 17
th, 2010 at 11:38pm:
Good advice. Most states have a program for first offenders where, if you comply with all the court's requirements, after five years the charge will be removed from your record. This would then no longer require reporting it to either the FAA or a future employer.
This is not entirely true. Some positions, specifically law enforcement, military, and other government and/or private positions that may require a gov't security clearance do not have the "if the record is juvenile, expunged, etc. do not check yes."
These entities have access to and will check all records relating to you, even things the judge says "do not exist" anymore.