Originally Posted by
Army80
Sort of reminds me of the guy's wife that called our reserve unit needing to speak to her husband. The guy had left the reserves over two years earlier and was still going to "drill" weekend. I guess it comes down to how you define "drill".
There was an rj captain where I worked who was a bit rambunctious. Called in sick a lot. Finally a very cool CP called to talk to him at home. His wife answers no he's not here, he's been on a trip for the last few days. No. He's been or sick the last few days. Busted.
But the worst I heard of was a CAL pilot years ago who was part of a crew of a DC10 that had an RTO and caught fire and burned to the ground in LAX. Except he wasn't there. He was out having fun with someone else. His wife however was at home frantic about her husband's airplane burning and people dying on it on the tv news. When he finally called home he evidently didn't know about the fire and so he claimed the flight was normal and all was well. He was busted.