South African pilot has resigned after operating plane with a fake license for 20 years. He was found with a forged airline transport pilot license (ATPL) after flying commercial plane for good 20 years.
This was discovered when a “reportable incident” on November 2018 flight (SA206) from Tambo international airport Johannesburg to Frankfurt airport Germany. He was the monitoring pilot for airbus A340-600 which made erratic maneuvers after encountering turbulence over swiss Alps.
He was a flight engineer before becoming a pilot in 1994 and he held only a commercial pilot license which permitted him to operate smaller aircraft but not international flight . He allegedly altered document issued by South African civil Aviation Authority to falsely claim possession of the advanced license. They have since filed criminal fraud charges against him, he was arrested on March 11 2019 and released on R5,000 bail with a court appearance scheduled for 2019. No update has been shared since 2021.