FO B737 flying 13 years arrested - never had license . . .

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Google translation from Dutch to English;

Pilot flies 13 years without license
Published: March 3, 2010 14:12
Last modified: March 3, 2010 16:09
DUBLIN - On Tuesday Schiphol is a pilot who has maintained for years with a false pilot flew.

The lawyer Corendon Airlines confirmed media reports that the pilot of the Turkish-based airline flew.

At the time of his arrest on board a Boeing 737 was the 41-year-old Swede, according to the National Police (Police Agency) at the point with 101 passengers to fly to Ankara.

Ten thousand flight hours

Corendon Airlines had previously been informed about the arrest and provided a replacement so the flight could leave without neppiloot.

The Swede living in Milan said that he had 13 years with false papers behind the bat that he sat in that time had made at least ten thousand flight hours for airlines in Belgium, Great Britain and Italy.

Relieved

He expressed relief that his deception came to light and did spot off his stripes. The man had a license but it expired and was not valid for aircraft. To still be able to fly, he had a forged certificate.

The lawyer says that the pilot for the last two years Corendon Airlines flew the management’‘and that he skilfully led up the garden with his forged papers.’‘Also with other companies, he passed with flying colors for testing. The lawyer calls it’‘a blessing in disguise’'that he alone has never flown. Ht is clear he is that man no more minutes Corendon Airlines flies.Click Here](Piloot vliegt 13 jaar zonder brevet | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl)

photo Corendon Airlines B737-400

I don’t see anything wrong with that…

I have no problem with it…

One more thing for the FAA to waste time on…

FAA, like they usually do, are going to blow this way out of proportion…

I heard this story on the radio on my drive into the office and the way the reporterer described it was ALOT worse than what actually happened apparently. I had this vision of jets full of terrified passengers…

Exactly! Another example of CYA…

It didn’t always used to be that way…

I think this is going to be a deal that the media blows out of proportion…

So please…answer me this…what harm came of it?

What a bunch of HOG WASH … This was not a gross miscarriage of safety…

GEEZ AMERICA HAS LOST ITS SENSE OF HUMOR … we cant have fun anymore… Its just getting sickening what people get worked up over these days. There is times to get worked up and THIS ISNT ONE OF THEM…

Years ago, no one would ever have known…

Poor judgment that’s all…

I hope the media frenzy ceases with the minimum punishment…

Pahh!
Even the thread title is sensationalist…

Reading both sides of this, I’ve come to the conclusion the FAA and the media are both over-reacting to this…

If there is not any sort of safety issue whatsoever, than you shouldn’t react as if there was a safety issue… The question answers itself…

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Curious what Frank will say…

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He don’t even have his licence, Lisa!

He did have a license it just wasn’t current.

Corendon Airlines B734 at Amsterdam on Mar 2nd 2010, captain removed from cockpit because of forged license
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Mar 3rd 2010 18:44Z, last updated Thursday, Mar 4th 2010 09:10Z

A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration TC-TJC performing flight 7H-202 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Ankara (Turkey) with 101 passengers, was preparing for departure, when the captain of the flight (41), Swedish citizen, was removed from the cockpit by police. A replacement captain took over permitting the airplane to depart with a delay of just 100 minutes.

Corendon Airlines confirmed the removal of a pilot due to a forged license. The pilot held a valid commercial pilot license which however expired 13 years ago. The pilot had passed all simulator checks and training with flying colors and worked for Corendon Airlines for two years. Corendon Airlines had cooperated with Dutch police and had prepared for another pilot to be on standby.

Dutch Authorities acted after Swedish Authorities informed Turkey’s Civil Aviation Authority about the pilot not holding a valid pilot’s license. The pilot had a valid commercial pilot license for smaller aircraft in the 1990s, however did not renew the license for unknown reasons.

Thanks for the good laugh! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Rob- What’s up with the soap box?

There was a similar story some 30 or 40 years ago in the US. Back when you only needed a private to fly as a copilot in the US a guy got hired at Eastern. Came time to upgrade a decade later and everybody assumed he had upgraded his licenses. This went on for years until a check airman asked to see his paperwork. busted.