2026-06-10T07:01:19-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
加拿大警方周二表示，一名前加拿大航空飞行员因多年无证飞行被起诉，调查人员称这起案件堪比好莱坞剧本。
据皮尔地区警方消息，来自安大略省巴里市的杰弗里·沃尔被指控在2009年至2025年间以航空公司机长身份执飞，但未持有驾驶大型商用客机所需的执照。
警方表示，他在未取得 required 执照的情况下执飞了超过900次国内外航班。加拿大航空证实，其一名飞行员持有有效的商用飞行员执照，但在未获得所需的航线运输飞行员执照的情况下被晋升为机长。
deputy 警察局长尼克·米利诺维奇指控，59岁的沃尔“多年来一直通过伪造执照文件，向雇主和监管机构谎报自己及其资质”。
“这就好比一名持有家庭行医执照的医生，却在自己的诊所里做脑部手术，”米利诺维奇说道。
该航空公司表示，在发现该飞行员未持有正确执照后，已将其调离现役岗位，并已主动向监管机构加拿大运输部通报此事。该飞行员已不再受雇于该航空公司。
今年1月，在加拿大运输部启动对这名机长的审查后，警方启动了代号为“伊卡洛斯计划”的刑事调查。
警方在一份声明中表示：“通过执行住宅搜查令和其他司法授权，调查人员获取了证据，表明被告涉嫌欺骗其雇主加拿大航空以及联邦民航监管机构加拿大运输部。”
调查人员告诉《多伦多星报》，这起案件的细节“读起来就像电影剧本”，他们指的是2002年莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥主演的电影《猫鼠游戏》。
“你在哪里见过如此耸人听闻的事情？”局长尼尚·杜拉亚帕告诉该报，并补充道：“据我所知，这是千载难逢的事件——至少在这个规模上是如此。”
加拿大航空称，此次事件未危及安全，对其飞行员的审计未发现其他违规情况。
“此次事件未危及安全，因为加拿大航空的所有飞行员每六个月都要接受强制性复训，以验证其飞行能力，包括每12个月接受一次加拿大运输部认证的检查飞行员的飞行检查，”该航空公司在一份声明中表示。
“然而，资质合规是航空业多层安全保障体系中必不可少的一环，因此加拿大航空极为严肃地对待此事。”
由于隐私法和正在进行的刑事调查，该航空公司拒绝进一步置评。
该航空公司未点名该飞行员，称其已因未持有担任飞机机长所需的正确执照而被加拿大运输部罚款。
警方还表示，被告曾就所谓被盗的飞行员证件向警方提交虚假报告。
警方称，沃尔在担任机长期间收入约290万加元（合210万美元）。
记者未能立即联系到沃尔的律师。
加拿大运输部长史蒂夫·麦金农表示，联邦政府将审查这起案件，并确保“如果有必要的话”做出改进。尽管涉嫌欺诈持续时间很长，但他表示，发现此类问题的系统发挥了作用。
“我很高兴我们能够发现这一问题并加以处理，”他说道。
Air Canada pilot accused of flying over 900 flights without valid license: “Like a movie script”
2026-06-10T07:01:19-0400 / CBS/AP
A former Air Canada pilot has been charged after flying for years without a proper license, Canadian police said Tuesday, in a case that investigators said mirrored a Hollywood screenplay.
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.
Police said he piloted more than 900 flights domestically and internationally without the required license. Air Canada confirmed that one of its pilots held a valid commercial pilot license, but was promoted to captain without the required airline transport pilot license.
Deputy police chief Nick Milinovich alleged that 59-year-old Wall “has been flying for years misrepresenting himself and his credentials to his employer and regulatory officials using fraudulent licensing documents.”
“This is similar to a doctor that is licensed to practice family medicine but is doing brain surgery in their office,” Milinovich said.
The airline said a pilot was removed from active duty once it was discovered that he did not have the correct license, which was voluntarily reported to Transport Canada, the regulator. The pilot is no longer employed by the airline.
In January, police launched a criminal investigation, known as Project Icarus, after Transport Canada initiated a review of the captain.
“Through the execution of a residential search warrant and other judicial authorizations, investigators obtained evidence indicating the accused allegedly deceived both his employer, Air Canada, and the federal civil aviation regulator, Transport Canada,” police said in a statement.
Investigators told the Toronto Star the details of the case “read like a movie script,” referring to the 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio film “Catch Me If You Can.”
“Where have you seen something so sensational?” Chief Nishan Duraiappah told the newspaper, adding: “As I understand, this is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence — at least to this extent.”
Air Canada claimed safety was not compromised and an audit of its pilots found no other instances of non-compliance.
“Safety was not compromised by this incident because all pilots at Air Canada undergo mandatory recurrent training every six months to validate their flying competency, including a flight check with a certified Transport Canada check-pilot every 12 months,” the airline said in a statement.
“However, appropriate licensing is an essential layer of the airline industry’s multilayered approach to safety, so Air Canada takes this matter with utmost seriousness.”
The airline declined to comment further due to privacy law and an active criminal investigation.
The airline, which did not name the pilot, said he has been fined by Transport Canada for not having the correct license to be an aircraft captain.
Police also say the accused filed a false report to police about allegedly stolen pilot documentation.
Wall made about $2.9 million Canadian ($2.1 million) during his time as captain, police said.
A lawyer for Wall couldn’t be reached immediately.
Transport Minister Steve MacKinnon said the federal government would review the case and ensure improvements, “if there are any,” would be made. Despite the lengthy alleged fraud, he said the system to detect such issues had worked.
“I am gratified that we were able to detect this issue and get it dealt with,” he said.
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