HONOLULU: A Canadian man posed as a commercial pilot and as a working flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from US airlines, authorities said.Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, was arrested in Panama after being indicted on wire fraud charges in federal court in Hawaii last October. He pleaded no
    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      And in at least one canadian one, who if anyone appears to be the party with the true “flaw” in their security (but it’s really just a systemic weakness, and sadly one I expect will be ended because of this dickhead’s meddling). It’s actually a fascinating story - he was given the ability to set up credentials as part of his job (or was able to re-submit himself for a second set somehow, I’m reading conflicting accounts of exactly how it was done), then just set up an alternative identity for himself that persisted after he left. As far as I understand it the identity was legitimate, it was just never removed from the system so he simply continued to use it. Probably the most interesting thing is that it’s so common for pilots and flight attendants to fly inter-carrier, I would not have expected it to be as abusable as it turns out to be.

  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    How embarrassing would it be if the pilots were simultaneously incapacitated mid-flight and he had to explain the ruse as they all plummeted to their fiery deaths? Boy, would my face be red.