Breaking: Airline Pilot Fired For "Top Gun" Style Flyby (2 Viewers)

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"A Cathay Pacific Airways captain who picked up a new 777-300ER airliner at Everett's Paine Field last month has been fired for buzzing the airfield before heading home to Hong Kong.
The celebratory flyby, reportedly just a few dozen feet above the runway, surprised the senior airline officials who were on board, among them company Chairman Christopher Pratt, according to the South China Morning Post.
The Hong Kong newspaper reported that Capt. Ian Wilkinson lost his job for violating company guidelines requiring prior clearance for such maneuvers.
Industry publication Flight International reported Monday that Wilkinson was the airline's senior 777 pilot. Cathay Pacific was taking delivery of its sixth 777-300ER, and the plane carried 50 to 60 people when it swooped past the airfield with its landing gear retracted.
The plane may have been as low as 28 to 30 feet off the ground, an unidentified Cathay Pacific source told the publication."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004203734_cathay26.html


Guess his ego was writing checks that his body couldn't cash. :9:
 
"A Cathay Pacific Airways captain who picked up a new 777-300ER airliner at Everett's Paine Field last month has been fired for buzzing the airfield before heading home to Hong Kong.
The celebratory flyby, reportedly just a few dozen feet above the runway, surprised the senior airline officials who were on board, among them company Chairman Christopher Pratt, according to the South China Morning Post.
The Hong Kong newspaper reported that Capt. Ian Wilkinson lost his job for violating company guidelines requiring prior clearance for such maneuvers.
Industry publication Flight International reported Monday that Wilkinson was the airline's senior 777 pilot. Cathay Pacific was taking delivery of its sixth 777-300ER, and the plane carried 50 to 60 people when it swooped past the airfield with its landing gear retracted.
The plane may have been as low as 28 to 30 feet off the ground, an unidentified Cathay Pacific source told the publication."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004203734_cathay26.html


Guess his ego was writing checks that his body couldn't cash. :9:
Sounds to me like he had skillz yo!
But then I'm the kind of guy who likes that sort of thing.
 

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