Originally Posted by vagabond

So the jackass has been exposed as a pathological liar, an impersonator and a whole host of other crimes. The damage he has done to the profession is quite severe, I think. I am not a military pilot or ALPA, but I am embarrassed for the profession that this guy was featured in an article on the code of ethics of all things. At the minimum, I think he should lose his job, lose his certificate, made to apologize publicly, made to remove all offending references in the various social networking sites. The ALPA reporter and the editor should be sanctioned as well.

In the legal community, I am very involved in lawyer discipline. We have mechanisms in place to punish lawyers who do wrong or reflect poorly on the profession. The punishment ranges from a simple admonishment all the way to disbarment (which essentially takes their meal ticket away). If a lawyer did what this guy has done (and apparently continues to do), I would have no hesitation in recommending that he be disbarred.