BA pilot sacked after giving ticketless passenger a free ride in cockpit
09.03.08
A British Airways pilot has been sacked after flying a colleague's dad to Italy in the cockpit of his plane for free, the Sunday Mail reports. Captain Kenny Wilson let colleague Samantha Lamb's dad sit in the jump seat during a BA Cityflyer flight from London City Airport to Milan. The newspaper reports that BA found out about it and sacked the £100,000-a-year pilot for breaching anti-terror rules and ground worker Samantha for fraud.
BA is introduced rules to combat terrorism after 9/11. Passengers are not allowed to sit in the cockpit jump seat or board a plane without a ticket or boarding card. The fold-down jump seat can only be used by staff for official reasons. Passengers cannot even visit the cockpit, which must be closed after take-off.
Mr. Wilson, 52, from Edinburgh, told friends he was aware the man was related to Samantha, 28, but did not know he was ticketless. He was sacked after a disciplinary hearing - and an appeal has just failed. The married dad of two - with 16 years' service - told the Sunday Mail: ‘I am no longer working for British Airways CityFlyer. I am, however, considering taking my case to an industrial tribunal.’
BA CityFlyer operate flights between London City Airport and Glasgow, Edinburgh, Milan, Geneva, Frankfurt and Paris. A BA spokesman said: ‘A captain has been dismissed for contravening security rules. Another employee was dismissed for defrauding the company.’
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