Former Air Canada pilot arrested fake license 17 years

    by Gigliola: Canada

    A former Air Canada pilot has been arrested after flying commercial planes for 17 years using a fake license. Despite no incidents, accidents, or red flags for nearly two decades, the deception was finally uncovered.

    Transcript (en)

    So this one is interesting, man. You know, your country has some interesting things going on this month or so. So apparently there was a pilot who flew for 17 years on a fake license. It's like that Catch Me If You Can guy. What's that? I haven't seen that. You've never seen that movie? No. Bro. He's got an interesting last name. It's like Abagnale, Frank Abagnale. It's DiCaprio's in it. And essentially that's the same premise. Like he pretended to be a pilot and like, I don't think he was really flying the plane. He was like the extra pilot typically, but it's a very, very popular movie. I definitely recommend watching it. Word, word. Yeah. So real life, Frank Abingale, a former Air Canada pilot was arrested for flying with a fake license. He successfully operated commercial airplanes throughout that time. The story has now gone viral over a long, incident-free record, despite the Forge credentials. Online reactions are including jokes calling for him to receive a real license instead of being arrested. So, yeah, this is fascinating. That's, scroll down, is that? Yes. That's to him, yeah. 17 years is absurd. Yeah, that's crazy. I mean, at that point, for real, like, what are we doing? You know, like at this point, like he's probably good. That's wild. If you enjoyed this, be sure to hit that like button and follow to stay up to date with what's going on in the world and everything else memes and markets. Peace.