Man Scores 120 Free Flights by Posing as Flight Attendant Earlier than Getting Busted

From the “God forbid a person have hobbies” file, the Division of Justice announced this week {that a} gentleman who posed as a flight attendant and scored greater than 100 free flights over the course of six years has been convicted of wire fraud and getting into right into a safe space of an airport underneath false pretenses.

In a plot that frankly doesn’t appear that wild in the event you watched the latest season of Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal,” 35-year-old Tiron Alexander allegedly managed to safe flights that have been alleged to solely be obtainable to pilots and flight attendants. Based on the Division of Justice, Alexander was capable of guide the flights by falsifying employment info and offering badge numbers that apparently allowed him to bypass the safety of the net reserving choices for airline workers.

Alexander’s major sufferer was a single airline, by way of which he allegedly booked 34 completely different flights. He submitted documentation displaying that he labored for seven completely different airways and reportedly offered greater than 30 completely different badge numbers over the course of his bookings. He was additionally capable of duplicate the method that permit him fly totally free as a pretend worker throughout three extra airways, in the end reserving a complete of 120 free flights between 2018 and 2024.

NBC News reported that, in accordance with court docket paperwork, Alexander does (or did) work for an airline—one that’s headquartered in Dallas, which would come with Southwest Airways and American Airways on the passenger aspect and Ameristar Jet Constitution and Flexjet on the cargo/constitution flight aspect. He reportedly began working there in 2015, however at no level was he a flight attendant or a pilot throughout his time on the firm.

The Transportation Safety Administration was concerned in investigating the case that was ultimately dropped at court docket, in accordance with the Division of Justice. Not one of the airways that obtained caught up in Alexander’s scheming have been talked about within the announcement, which isn’t shocking, as they’re probably fairly embarrassed about the entire thing. It doesn’t precisely communicate extremely of the safety protocols they’ve in place. After all, neither does the truth that Nathan Fielder was capable of get individuals to observe airline workers round for days to review their habits for a comedy present, so, not precisely a banner yr for the airline trade. We additionally preserve having communication blackouts at air visitors management facilities across the nation, for what it’s value.

Whereas he has been convicted, the person remains to be ready to see what his penalty might be. A choose will rule on Alexander’s sentencing on August 25.