For Americans, expat flying has traditionally been a chance to escape something back home and start again.
One coworker from years ago had a DUI on his record. I wondered why he wasn't anxious to repatriate with the rest of us when jobs opened up back home.
Turns out that back then DUI's scrolled off the National Driver Register after three years and he was counting the days before he put out applications.
His timing was correct, he finally interviewed and got a job with one of the major U.S. airlines. He's a check airman and management pilot, eats lunch at the Barbecue Kitchen on Virginia Avenue (they don't serve beer
).