airmuster - Yes I know of the con man/movie but this was written up in the trade papers at the time (mid late 70's I'm guessing). Fed riding on the flight deck asked for his licence and was not able to produce and subsequently turned out he never had one - ever. In 42 years no one (Oz) every asked to see my licence and only twice did I ever have to produce a log book (CASA once, employer once). Had to quote a licence number a million times tho'. (Think of a number, double it and add six would seem to work
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