There was no accident or incident in the case of the 40 pilots in Northern California (see my earlier post) who were indicted by a federal grand jury.

There was another California case, involving a pilot who was a plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit against an office furniture manufacturer. He was claiming that his office chair collapsed under him and he hit his head, and submitted medical records showing that he was experiencing headaches, dizziness, fainting spells, and other neurological problems. The attorney for the chair manufacturer (illegally) disclosed this to the FAA, and he was ultimately convicted of perjury for not disclosing his neurological symptoms at his FAA physical. His conviction ended up being overturned on appeal (the ninth circuit is notoriously liberal).