I wouldn't even bother I'm afraid. Drink and drugs can convincingly be batted away as "I was young, mixed with the wrong crowd and I made some bad decisions" (even then not guaranteed).
However having lost your temper to the point you resorted to physical violence against your partner, and it was bad enough to be arrested and subsequently convicted of it all .. not a hope I am afraid.
The airline's mind goes to you one day being a captain alongside your FO, perhaps he has done something to p you off. Will old habits jump out? Will a bully appear? Will threatening behaviour come forward? Will you assault him and jeopardise the entire flight? Will you assault a mouthy cabin pursor? A dispatcher who's feeding you nonsense about the reason for the delay/lying to your face? Or you could be the FO flying with an ass**** of a captain (everyone of us has been there) .. are you gonna headbutt him? How about that engineer who is huffing and puffing because you wrote something in the book?
Are you a control freak? Will you be a toxic micromanager?
You will of course insist no such thing, however they dont know that and your conviction tells them in fact you would. It tells them you cannot control yourself, you resort to violence to resolve situations and it tells them you struggle with patience. It tells when you have the stronger hand, you abuse that power. If you were the employer, would you give a stranger with such a conviction your $100+ million dollar jet, and 200+ lives as well as your airline's reputation? Everyday of work there are a shopping list of things which test our patience and that we must control.
Now I am beyond sure we have domestic abusers in the job - but they haven't been caught/convicted. I apologise if I sound harsh, just giving you the absolute reality of how an airline will think/view a candidate with this conviction.
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