I've worked for companies that fired employees for sleeping on the job. About the only extenuating circumstance there could be would a doctor's diagnosis of narcolepsy.
(and I'm not saying working for an airline ain't a shitty way of making a living these days due to airline management)
(and I'm not saying working for an airline ain't a shitty way of making a living these days due to airline management)
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.