Major Airline Pilot Caught Flying Without a License

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Major Airline Pilot Caught Flying Without a License

Ben Nelms / REUTERS A senior commercial airline pilot has been arrested and charged with not having a license. Canada’s Peel Regional Police said charges were brought against the Air Canada pilot following a fraud investigation codenamed ‘Project Icarus.’ The force alleges that the pilot has flown hundreds of flights with planeloads of passengers, officials told ABC News. The aviator, who has not been named, no longer works for the Canadian national carrier, but has been released from custody. “Safety was not compromised by this incident because all pilots at Air Canada undergo mandatory recurrent training every six months to validate their flying competency, including a flight check with a certified Transport Canada check pilot every 12 months,” the airline said in a statement. “However, appropriate licensing is an essential layer of the airline industry’s multi-layered approach to safety, so Air Canada ... has undertaken an audit of its pilot group and found no other instances of non-compliance.” The investigation was initiated when discrepancies were identified during a random certification check. The pilot will appear in court later in June. Read it at ABC News Read more at The Daily Beast.

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