Richard Riley wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:29:19 -0700, Luke Skywalker
wrote:

I know of at least two airline pilots who are doing something else
because they lost their certificates in just such a manner.

In both cases while the state in question had expunged the conviction
because of "time"...other evidence was developed in a legal manner by
federal law enforcement officers which pointed to a DWI and the FAA
did not hesitate in initiating certificate action.


http://www.bootsnall.com/guides/05-10/drunk-pilots.html


Epilogue:

Among the most inspirational stories out there is that of Northwest
Airlines captain Lyle Prouse, one of the trio arrested that morning in
Minneapolis in 1990. Prouse, an alcoholic whose parents had died of
the disease, became a poster pilot of punishment and redemption. He
was given 16 months in federal prison for flying drunk, and then, in a
remarkable and improbable sequence of events, was able to return to
the cockpit on his 60th birthday and retire as a 747 captain. Once out
of jail, Prouse was forced to requalify for every one of his FAA
licenses and ratings. Broke, he relied on a friend to lend him stick
time in a single-engine trainer. Northwest's then-CEO John Dasburg,
who himself had grown up in an alcoholic family, took personal
interest in Prouse's struggle and lobbied publicly for his return.

You'll see Prouse in TV interviews time to time, and inevitably you're
struck by how forthrightly he takes responsibility, without resorting
to the sobby self-flagellation of most public apologies. Always one is
left, unexpectedly, to conclude this convicted felon deserved, and
got, a second chance. I'd never have believed it myself until watching
a network special about Prouse a few years ago.

In 2001 Lyle Prouse was among those granted Presidential pardons by
Bill Clinton.


Much of Lyle's story can be read on the pprune forum. He
starts at post #52 in the attached link. An amazing man
and story.

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=256861&page=3