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'Fake pilot' arrested after two years of flying

Postby Don » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:01 am

A Swedish pilot without a valid licence to fly has been arrested at Amsterdam as he was about to fly a jet with 101 passengers to Turkey, Dutch police say.

The 41-year-old man said he had been flying for European airlines for 13 years and had logged 10,000 hours.

Police said he once had a licence to fly small planes but it had expired and it did not allow him to fly large jets.

Reports say the man was relieved his long deception was uncovered and tore off his pilot's stripes in the cockpit.

Turkey's Corendon Airlines said he had been flying for the airline for two years and had "expertly misled the company with his false papers".

The airline said it had been alerted by police and had a pilot standing by to fly the Boeing 737 from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to Ankara.

Dutch police were acting on a tip-off from Swedish authorities.

The man is in custody awaiting trial for forging documents and flying without a licence.
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Postby WalkInMyShoes » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:55 am

Really, how difficult is it to check a professional license?
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Postby Saint John » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:26 am

First Augeri and now this! :lol:
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Postby steveo777 » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:46 am

The license is just a formality. It doesn't mean he doesn't know how to fly a plane. Not that big of a deal.
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Postby Rockindeano » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:51 am

steveo777 wrote:The license is just a formality. It doesn't mean he doesn't know how to fly a plane. Not that big of a deal.


It's not? Are you drunk? Dude, what if that plane crashes, slides off a runway or experiences major turbulence, and passengers get hurt. You think the insurance company will be happy that an UNLICENSED PILOT was at the helm? Good lord. Fuck, I can fly a plane, I do it all the time on Microsoft Flight Time, so maybe I should get me a United Airlines uniform and pilot the next plane to Chicago and go see Winger? Ok, fuck that.
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Postby Don » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:54 am

Rockindeano wrote:
steveo777 wrote:The license is just a formality. It doesn't mean he doesn't know how to fly a plane. Not that big of a deal.


It's not? Are you drunk? Dude, what if that plane crashes, slides off a runway or experiences major turbulence, and passengers get hurt. You think the insurance company will be happy that an UNLICENSED PILOT was at the helm? Good lord. Fuck, I can fly a plane, I do it all the time on Microsoft Flight Time, so maybe I should get me a United Airlines uniform and pilot the next plane to Chicago and go see Winger? Ok, fuck that.


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Postby Saint John » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:57 am

lol @ Gunbot. :lol:
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Postby mrsromek » Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:49 pm

Dude...be nice, Stuart rules!
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Postby steveo777 » Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:52 pm

Rockindeano wrote:
steveo777 wrote:The license is just a formality. It doesn't mean he doesn't know how to fly a plane. Not that big of a deal.


It's not? Are you drunk? Dude, what if that plane crashes, slides off a runway or experiences major turbulence, and passengers get hurt. You think the insurance company will be happy that an UNLICENSED PILOT was at the helm? Good lord. Fuck, I can fly a plane, I do it all the time on Microsoft Flight Time, so maybe I should get me a United Airlines uniform and pilot the next plane to Chicago and go see Winger? Ok, fuck that.



And I'll bet you thought I was serious. Shit dude, that was funny! I about crapped my pants reading your response. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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