Aviator accused of lying on FAA documents
 

Also see forum topic: Flight Student Pax Lands Commuter Plane

First posted 10 February 2002


Aviator accused of lying on FAA documents


BOSTON - A Centerville man faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after being charged by the justice department Wednesday with making false statements on Federal Aviation Administration medical forms.
According to the indictment, announced by U.S. District Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and a representative from the Department of Transportation, 53-year-old Ronald N. Crews made several false statements on first class medical certificates for commercial pilots - a document regulated by the FAA. The four-count indictment refers specifically to certificates filed by Crews in 2001.

At the time, a doctor rejected medical clearance for Crews to fly while he was a pilot for Cape Air after he became incapacitated at the controls of his plane. The FAA later cleared Crews and assured Cape Air he was healthy enough to fly. A pilot in training was forced to land a plane when Crews was unable to do so during a second incident in 2002.

In 1985, Crews lost his pilot's license after being jailed for cocaine trafficking but regained his license by the time he was hired by Cape Air in 1997.

Hmm! Sounds like a right cowboy.

Maybe he will only be a "Crews" pilot from now on...

With his background in white powder, it makes you wonder how he was deemed to meet the "Good Moral Character" requirement to hold an FAA ATP.

Bit of an understatement. The "pilot in training" was an airport security guard who had not yet completed her private pilot's license! She did a dam' fine job, and Cape has offered her a flying position when she gets enough ratings.

The "pilot in training" wasn't a security guard. She worked for the airline in their training department and she was teaching a security class that day.

Am I alone in recognising the irony of a pilot with a cocaine problem flying to and from the Bahamas on a regular basis?

Another recent article:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...-7bbdf17522b6&

Yea makes you wonder how someone can get their licenses after being arrested for cocaine, crazy world we live in, crazy world!