Maybe he hasn't, again it depends on the utility and won't even be considered until after the 5 year point. I'll give you an example, I know a guy who was one heck of an asset to his utility. In fact he was well thought of. He had an "issue" and his unescorted access revoked. It's been 8 years and still no one will touch him, and he has far more skills than an excellent technician. The real question is why take a chance on someone who knowingly violated an FFD rule when those rules are very black and white to begin with, when you get can someone who hasn't violated the rules? Put another way, there is tremendous competition for any job in this industry, look at the people asking for advice on this board then multiply it by 100. When we screened resumes for our last NLO Bid we screened it down to TWO HUNDRED before we even attempted final screening. Now given that many people, the majority of which have never had an FFD issue why would I even consider someone who has had their chance and blew it?
Mike