Felons

No one said anything about HazMat and TWIC until you mentioned it. I directly responded to that because someone who doesn't know anything about the industry might think that they have to get those credentials in order to be able to have a reasonable trucking career. If you are getting all in your feelings about me responding to a statement you made, I think maybe you need to check your feelings. There is nothing personal here, so I see no reason why you would be taking things so personally. We are sharing information for people who really want to know if a career as a driver is even a possibility. I was once in that position of wondering if I would even be able to get my CDL.

I hope you understand where I am coming from. It most definitely is not a place of animosity toward you or anyone else.

 

The TSA certainly could have made a mistake, it is the government, after all. When I re-enlisted in the Army, my background check come back that I was deceased. And, after my felony in 2010, my FBI background check still shows that I’m able to own firearms…

 

It's really not about what the company is willing to work with/isn't willing to work with. The process typically goes something like this:

Application is submitted. Recruiter is assigned upon application being received. Documents are sent to you to sign that gives the company the clearance to request information about you from various sources. Once it is seen that the applicant has a criminal background, applicant requires a higher level of screening approval. Application is sent to the company's safety department for approval or denial. Safety often gets on the phone with company's insurance to find out if the insurance company is willing to cover this applicant as a driver for the company. If the insurance company says yes, then application is able to move on to employment verification. If insurance company says no, then application is closed out with applicant being ineligible for hire.

In addition to this is the requirement that the company vets any prior criminal convictions as not being bars to legally operating a CMV for interstate commerce. It gets a little bit complicated if a company has both drivers that do drive across state lines and drivers that don't. Different sets of rules that apply, depending on whether the CMV is crossing state lines or not.

 

The man my daughter is about to marry is a Lt. Col in the Army. He doesn't get too deep into his normal job when in an Airborne Division, but I do know he is G2. He did tell me years ago his first security clearance came back all messed up. Just a typical bureaucratic mistake I guess. He is headed back to Ft Campbell in the early part of 2023. He will be relieving one of the Battalion Commanders in the 101st after the first of the year.