Describing an elaborate ruse that “read like a movie script,” Canadian authorities accused a longtime Air Canada pilot of fraud on Tuesday, saying he had flown many hundreds of hours over 17 years despite not having the proper credential to sit in the captain’s seat.
The pilot, Geoff Wall, 59, faces seven charges, including fraud over US$5,000, forging documents and public mischief. The charges were brought by the Peel Regional Police Department in Ontario, which has jurisdiction over the Toronto Pearson International Airport, an Air Canada hub.
