{"id":725139,"date":"2026-06-09T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725139\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:45:09","slug":"former-air-canada-pilot-under-criminal-investigation-airline-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725139\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Air Canada pilot under criminal investigation, airline says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n

Air Canada aircraft are parked at Vancouver International Airport. The airline says a former captain faces a criminal investigation and has been removed from active duty.DARRYL DYCK\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Air Canada says a former airline captain who flew without a proper licence has been fined by Transport Canada and is the subject of a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n

The pilot, whom the airline did not name, flew for the carrier with a valid commercial pilot permit but was promoted to the position of captain, a job for which they did not hold the proper licence, the airline said.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately upon Air Canada\u2019s discovery of this, the individual was removed from active duty, and the company voluntarily reported the matter to Transport Canada,\u201d Air Canada said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Peel Regional Police say they will announce details of the investigation at a press conference on Tuesday morning. ABC News reported the pilot has been charged with fraud.<\/p>\n

According to Transport Canada, an unnamed pilot has been fined $67,500 for 18 counts of flying without a proper licence between December, 2024, and March, 2025.<\/p>\n

Air Canada provided no details of where the pilot flew, or how long the pilot was employed. The Montreal-based airline said safety was not compromised.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll 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,\u201d Air Canada said. \u201cHowever, appropriate licencing is an essential layer of the airline industry\u2019s multi-layered approach to safety, so Air Canada takes this matter with utmost seriousness.\u201d<\/p>\n

The airline said it has audited its pilot group and found no other violations. Air Canada employs more than 5,200 pilots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Air Canada aircraft are parked at Vancouver International Airport. The airline says a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,45,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-725139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}