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Fonte: AIN Alerts
French Charter Executive Jailed in D.R. Drug Bust
The managing director of Aerojet Corporate–the Lyon, France-based executive charter operator caught with 1,500 pounds of cocaine aboard a Falcon 50 in March in the Dominican Republic–has been imprisoned. Pierre Dreyfus and a freelance pilot, Fabrice Alcaud, are now jailed in France, according to Lyon daily newspaper Le Progrès. They have been charged with “banned import of narcotics” and money laundering, among other accusations under French law. Other French citizens, including a customs officer, are reportedly involved in the case. During the March drug bust, the Dominican police arrested 35 people. The Falcon 50, registered F-GXMC, was about to take off to Saint-Tropez, the famous seaside resort in France. The cocaine, which had a street value of approximately $26 million, was packed in 26 suitcases placed in the hold and the cabin. Pilot union SNPL France Alpa later stood up for the two crewmembers, who are still jailed in the Dominican Republic.
French Airline Union Defends Jailed Falcon 50 Pilots
AINALERTS » JUNE 6, 2013
by THIERRY DUBOIS
June 6, 2013, 3:25 PM
The French union of airline pilots, SNPL France ALPA, is now defending two pilots who were in the cockpit of a Falcon 50 involved in a major drug bust in the Dominican Republic. Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret, jailed in Higüey for 77 days and counting, are “collateral damage,” the union said in a statement released today.
The country, as an ICAO member, was responsible for security checks on the luggage that turned out to contain 1,500 pounds of cocaine, the pilot union said. On a commercial flight, pilots must check luggage weight and balance but may not open it to check content, the SNPL asserted. However, according to a pilot interviewed by AIN, a captain is responsible for the content of every bag onboard. In the Falcon 50’s case, he suggested, the presence of 26 suitcases, most of them in the cabin, should have raised strong suspicion.
The union is not standing behind Alain Castany, the third pilot on board. “He is a pilot, indeed, but on this flight he was a passenger,” SNPL president Yves Deshayes told AIN.