Originally Posted by
Jet Jockey A4
I believe the drug smuggling glider pilot you refer to is now retired from Air Transat, to put it in a nice way. :-)
According to this article from a few days ago:
He still flies the A330 out of Montreal.
Canadian pilot recounts losing both engines over the Atlantic Ocean | CTV News
But, if he was 49 in 2001, he must be right at retirement.
Also, from the CTV article, he snagged a record from Air Canada by one minute:
His 18-minute glide broke the world record set in 1983 after Air Canada’s “Gimli Glider” ran out of fuel 17 minutes before a miraculous landing in Gimli, Man.