Fake Sri Lankan Airlines Captain
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Do favor to Sri Lankan ?
Actually, his license was endorsed by the Sri Lanka CAA. Digs a long trail I guess.
By the way, it was UL which found out and reported the discrepancy to CAA.
Anyway, from what I figured he was a qualified pilot, albeit with insufficient hours as required to be PIC. And not a danger in the sky and possibly danger to the thousands of people in various airports he had been flying.
By the way, it was UL which found out and reported the discrepancy to CAA.
Anyway, from what I figured he was a qualified pilot, albeit with insufficient hours as required to be PIC. And not a danger in the sky and possibly danger to the thousands of people in various airports he had been flying.
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27/09
I was searching too for his picture or name and then found the picture in the first click. I thought it was a bit humorous, hence the grin!
But from what I know, there are many like this, jumping jobs and logging illegal command hours. It catches up with the guys rather quickly. This world of aviation is small, very small!
I was searching too for his picture or name and then found the picture in the first click. I thought it was a bit humorous, hence the grin!
But from what I know, there are many like this, jumping jobs and logging illegal command hours. It catches up with the guys rather quickly. This world of aviation is small, very small!
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wow!!!!!
well, we germans are a pain in the bud, i know; but there are some of us who are actually legit; me, having worked 20 years for an international airline in the USA, have seen in my time more than once pilots who called themselves captains, but never actually flew the left seat; i guess when one passes the typeride, that qualifies; always was a mystery to me; there is an educational process, and airlines should, how it is customary in the USA, look at PIC time to hire new pilots; all this ab initio people don't have the background in my view to satisfy decision making requirements; that is in general; i can teach my dog to pass a sim check, but is he going the right way..... i don't think so.....
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Con captains in KAL?
Heard from retired and ex KAL skippers that many DECs in KAL have dodgy credentials, especially those not from established airlines. Those from charters, freights and corporate flying all pad their hours and obtained suspect testimonials from flt ops offices of some dodgy operators. Time the Korean authorities do some real background checks!
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Can think of one infamous Aussie at KAL. Ex F/O Singapore, F/O Kuwait in fact never flew as a Captain but joined KAL as an A300 Skipper. Moved to B777 then fired or asked to leave and now with Jet Airways.
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Can think of one infamous Aussie at KAL. Ex F/O Singapore, F/O Kuwait in fact never flew as a Captain but joined KAL as an A300 Skipper. Moved to B777 then fired or asked to leave and now with Jet Airways.
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The Koreans are badly shortchanged.....are they really that dumb or just couldn't care less.? Time for their SkyTeam partners to act and put things right! Shudder to think of passengers intending to fly in SkyTeam partner planes being hived off to KAL operating with skippers with dodgy credentials!
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heard that they were just trying to save face, if the world found out that one of the biggest flag carriers in the world had been duped and fooled.... by &*^&$%, how do you think the riding public would react? hehehe 
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Yeah, ok. Now go watch said film. Mr Abignale never flew one, just got jumpseat rides everywhere.
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SIDSTAR.....S Jetlagged probably referred to the guy by the namo combino of bill clinton and morgan fre.....mantle?
The Sud Afrikaners did con big........their recruiters were ex KAL 747 skippers working hand in hand with the corrupt ed kim whowas the flt admin mgr then in the late 90s. Maybe kuntakinte can find out the culprits in the Boer dominated SAA who help fake their paper work and hours.
The Sud Afrikaners did con big........their recruiters were ex KAL 747 skippers working hand in hand with the corrupt ed kim whowas the flt admin mgr then in the late 90s. Maybe kuntakinte can find out the culprits in the Boer dominated SAA who help fake their paper work and hours.
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well...
Why was this poor guy doing this? Most probably because he didn't get a chance any other way, namely not in Germany. The situation hasn't changed, even when the demand for experienced skippers was high: you can have thousands of hours in command on small jets, ie Embraer, CRJ and then you do a widebody typerating, lets say on B 747 or A 340, but as a First Officer. If your company doesn't upgrade you for any reason, you can have 10000 hours on type but you will never slide into the LHS with another carrier, because they always require 500 hours PIC on type.
So these are the options: go back to small jets and lousy conditions, stay trapped in the RHS forever or cheat.
I really would like to know how many commanders are flying around without the correct credentials, but with far more experience than the lucky ones. Same goes for surgeons in hospitals, and so on.
So these are the options: go back to small jets and lousy conditions, stay trapped in the RHS forever or cheat.
I really would like to know how many commanders are flying around without the correct credentials, but with far more experience than the lucky ones. Same goes for surgeons in hospitals, and so on.
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Severly Jetlagged,
The famous "Call me G.B."......Hmmmm..
he came a few years in Qatar Airways....
Not surprised at all....
Brix, Why he did that.
This guy is megalomaniac!Nothing else.Believe me.
I known him .
Cheers.
The famous "Call me G.B."......Hmmmm..
he came a few years in Qatar Airways....
Not surprised at all....
Brix, Why he did that.
This guy is megalomaniac!Nothing else.Believe me.
I known him .
Cheers.