{"id":1514207,"date":"2026-06-09T11:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=45d31d1426bfd12da87a3fda51f3280e"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:25:23","slug":"air-canada-pilot-arrested-for-flying-without-proper-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1514207","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada pilot arrested for flying without proper license"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/1dd2399e28838c5705b9747e70ad8cff.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>An Air Canada plane is seen at Pearson International Airport on August 14, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. (Cole Burston\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(TORONTO) -- An Air Canada pilot was arrested Monday after a probe discovered he had been allegedly flying hundreds of flights for at least 17 years without a proper license.<\/p><p>Canadian police officials outlined Geoffrey Wall's alleged fraud, which they said, \"read like a movie script.\"<\/p><p>Since 2009, when Wall was promoted to captain, he has been flying with a fraudulent airline transport pilot license, the credential that would allow him to fly commercial airplanes as a captain, Peel Regional Police said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>Authorities compared Wall to a doctor who is licensed to practice family medicine marching into a hospital to perform brain surgery.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p>\"Licensing requirements exist for a reason. They exist to keep people safe,\" Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich of the Peel Regional Police said.<\/p><p>Wall's arrest was part of a fraud investigation dubbed \"Project Icarus,\" which started after a random certification check done last year at Pearson International Airport in Toronto turned up \"anomalies,\" investigators said.<\/p><p>Wall, 59, of Barrie, Ontario, is no longer working with Air Canada, the airline said Monday night.<\/p><p>In a news release, Air Canada said it \"takes this matter with utmost seriousness.\"<\/p><p>\"Safety was not compromised by this incident because all pilots at Air Canada undergo mandatory recurrent training every six months to validate their flying competency, including a flight check with a certified Transport Canada check-pilot every 12 months,\" the airline said in a statement.<\/p><p>\"However, appropriate licensing is an essential layer of the airline industry\u2019s multi-layered approach to safety, so Air Canada takes this matter with utmost seriousness,\" it added.<\/p><p>Wall is charged with fraud, public mischief and other offenses.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court later this month.<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. 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