Catch him if you can: Toronto man pleads guilty to posing as pilot for free flights

By Global News

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Canadian Dallas Pokornik was living the high life as a frequent flyer. Images from his social media are filled with champagne, parties, and non-stop travel, boasting about his adventures across the globe. However, his trip would eventually end in a jail cell after he was caught posing as a pilot in a scheme to defraud airlines. Court documents showed 33-year-old Pokornik, a former Toronto-based flight attendant, used a fictitious employee identification card between January 2020 and Oct. 28, 2024 to obtain the free flights. The indictment said Pokornik would also request a jump seat in the cockpit — an area typically reserved for off-duty pilots — even though he was not a pilot and did not hold an airman’s certificate. Touria Izri reports. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/12015252/toronto-man-poses-as-pilot-free-flights-guilty-plea/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global

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