My guess is that this guy had flown in some capacity in some other aircraft and " mastered " the A320 flight sim procedures cook book style using all the CBT readily available. A few sim sessions with some A320 rating mills would have facilitated his passing through the earlier hoops during initial training and checks.
More than a decade ago, a Frenchman who had help through some quarters connected to Lauda Air claimed captaincy on the B777; he cleared through the sim satisfactorily but his command deficiency showed up eventually in line training. They suspended his training and made enquiries about his so called " B777 command experience " with some new DECs who left Lauda...they found that he was only a copilot, so his training was terminated. It was a clear cut case so it was the end of his masquerade in KAL. However there were many more who cleared through, not forgetting the " Swiss Air " Halfback ( sic )!
Last edited by woodyspooney; 17th Nov 2011 at 06:08.