Posted on 04/03/2022 4:55:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Craig Butfoy, 49, entered false details and fabricated his experience in his flight logbook so that he could appear more qualified to work for BA CityFlyer, a British Airways regional airline, and former Irish regional airline Stobart Air.
Butfoy was employed with each airline for one year, from 2016 to 2018, according to The Times of London. During that time, officials at BA CityFlyer reportedly became suspicious of his experience after an incident occurred in Switzerland when he pressed a button that "no qualified pilot would," a source told the news outlet.
However, a spokesperson for British Airways maintained that Butfoy was still fully qualified and certified to operate as a pilot, and that the case was related to false information he provided in references during the application process. The airline said passengers were never put in harm.
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Is that all we have to do is Identify as a pilot?
Butfoy?
Newsweek?
Okay...
Bump for the butt boy.
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That’s a pilot who will happily take over your joy stick when flying.
Fake it ‘till you make it.
Panic button no doubt
Reset?
Is it the “pause” button?
Explanation for non-pilots: airplanes do not have a “pause” button, no way while in the air to pull over, stop, and check things out. SIMULATORS, OTOH, do have a “pause” button, and it’s used a fair amount, especially in early training. Many is the pilot who has wished for such a button in his or her real cockpit.
That’s mad scary in this particular context!
If Peter Buttigieg married Craig Butfoy, He’d be Peter Buttigieg-Butfoy butt boy.
Nice vetting, BA CityFlyer. People’s live are only at stake.
LOL.
Took me a few seconds.
Superb alliteration.
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There’s a sequence of engine start buttons that trigger electric spin up of the 3 stages of the turbine engines so the n1 compressor and n2 power compressor ignites in the right order and rpm settings. No pilot would touch these while an engine is powered up in flight. Just a guess but that would look really stupid and scary to any trained pilot.
Three greens and the windows are latched...
That’s enough of the checklist....Lets go....
Ooops, I forgot to fuel up...
The “I ordered a double and this just taste like cranberry juice” button?
“The airline said passengers were never put in harm.“
The virtuous idiots are now in charge. Goodbye everything.
Among those fabrications included false claims that he had flown 1,610 hours as a captain and received a training course certificate. He also falsely stated that he had held a private pilot's license since 1998, according to the Times.
1. What did Butfoy say before he pressed the button?
A. Hold muh beer.
B. What’s this button do?
C. Geronimo!
“Now I’m curious about which button is the one which “no qualified pilot would” push.”
He may have used an improper pronoun on a crew member.
This story is kinda like PresidentInNameOnly Xiao Bidementia lying to the public about his cognitive health.
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