ON THE FLY: Air Canada Pilot Arrested and Charged for Fraud, After Allegedly Flying for Over 16 Years Without a Proper License

900 flights later, Canadian authorities caught up to him.

An insane development took place today (9) in Toronto as an Air Canada pilot has been arrested and charged for fraud after it’s alleged that he flew for almost 17 years without a proper license.

BREAKING: A former Air Canada captain has been arrested and is facing seven criminal charges after allegedly piloting more than 900 flights since 2009 using fraudulent and counterfeit licensing documents, Peel Regional Police announced Tuesday as part of an investigation dubbed… pic.twitter.com/wvkZLX5umV

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The New York Post reported:

“Geoffrey Wall, of Barrie, Ontario, is alleged to have operated as an airline captain between 2009 and 2025 without a license to fly large commercial passenger planes, according to Peel Regional Police.

He is said to have flown more than 900 flights domestically and internationally without the required license. Air Canada said Wall, 59, held a valid commercial pilot license, but was promoted to captain without the required airline transport pilot license.”

“It’s not that he did not have any kind of pilot’s license. The problem is he didn’t have the proper license, which is the airline transport pilot license.”

“Air Canada says a former pilot has been fined by Transport Canada for not having the correct license to be an aircraft… pic.twitter.com/A8YetM56bP

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“’This pilot had a 27-year career and we are alleging that since 2009 has been flying for years misrepresenting himself and his credentials to his employer and regulatory officials using fraudulent licensing documents’, deputy police chief Nick Milinovich said. ‘He rose to the position of pilot in command where for almost 17 years he flew Boeing 767s, 777s and 787s’.

The airline said he was removed from active duty once it was discovered that he did not have the correct license and that it was voluntarily reported to Transport Canada, the regulator. The pilot is no longer employed by the airline.”

NEW: A former captain flying for Air Canada allegedly flew hundreds of flights without the proper license, officials said on Monday.

The pilot who had been promoted to captain, lacked the mandatory airline transport pilot license (ATPL) for the position. Immediately upon Air… pic.twitter.com/uWJqa0BHp0

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CBC reported:

“Wall has been charged with fraud over $5,000, public mischief, two counts of uttering forged documents and three counts of possession of counterfeit mark, Peel police said in a release issued after Tuesday’s news conference.

‘This is very similar to a doctor that is licensed to practice family medicine, but is doing brain surgery in their office’, said Milinovich.

Police said the investigation began in January after Transport Canada reviewed the licensing credentials and conduct of a commercial airline captain. Anomalies had been detected with documentation he presented to Transport Canada during a routine operational evaluation last year at Pearson airport, police said.”

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