In 2018, a highly regarded Russian pilot Taras Shelest turned out to be a fraud. Despite having never attended aviation classes and instead faking his diploma, Shelest allegedly flew thousands of people all around the world for several years, until a bizarre incident finally exposed him. In August of 2015, Shelest was a co-pilot on […]
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Senior South African Airways pilot asked to pay back all monies he earned after flying with a fake license for 20 years
A senior South African pilot has been asked to resign after it was discovered that he had flown commercial planes for over 20 years with a forged license. William Chandler, a pilot with South African Airways (SAA) was discovered to have a fake airline transport pilot license following an investigation into an incident during a […]