Fly Lah!

Honey Bear · by **Honey Bear** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:55 am

March 4, 2010
Dutch officials have arrested a Swedish pilot who flew for commercial airlines for 13 years using a fake licence, police said on Wednesday.

The 41-year-old pilot, who lives in Milan, clocked up at least 10,000 hours flying for airlines based in Britain, Italy and Belgium.

Following a tip-off from the Swedish authorities, officials detained him at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Tuesday evening as he was preparing to take off for Ankara in a Boeing 737 with 101 passengers on board, Dutch police said in a statement.

The pilot had previously held a licence to fly small planes, but it had expired and did not allow him to fly large airliners.

He has been held in custody and a judge in Haarlem, near Amsterdam, will decide on Friday if he should be released on bail while awaiting trial for forging documents and flying without a licence.

AFP

golden1111 · by **golden1111** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:56 pm

Wow interesting. A year and one month flying without a valid license

torx · by **torx** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:05 am

I dare not imagine if there would be an accident, what would the repercussions like?
How can the airline let it slipped for such a long time?

NazCYPHER32 · by **NazCYPHER32** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:31 pm

at least he got a clean record ::D:

bird_strike · by **bird_strike** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:01 pm

Well its similar to Steven Spielberg film "catch me if u can"..
Sepandai" tupai melompat akhirnya jatuh ke tanah juga..
:^^:

Maverick · by **Maverick** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:53 am

torx wrote:I dare not imagine if there would be an accident, what would the repercussions like?
How can the airline let it slipped for such a long time?

Well bro, "Some" local airlines are also so messed up you couldn't even imagine.. :^^:

OscarWilde · by **OscarWilde** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:29 am

this must be a record of some kind in the aviation industry... not a good one at that... but still 13 years is a long time D:

torx · by **torx** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:34 pm

Too long!

drebarbas · by **drebarbas** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:38 pm

It is not an easy task to detect a fake pilot in such a big company. Unlike in M'sia (MAS & Air Asia) where almost everyone knows each other .......... :cool:

Trust me, its so easy to impersonate as a pilot and go through airport security checkpoint........... what more if you are already a qualified pilot ......... :))

The Unlearned
:cool:

Fly Lah!

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