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By Emma Balleste and Aaron Cooper, CNN
A former Air Canada pilot faces criminal charges for flying tens of thousands of passengers for nearly 17 years with a fake pilot's license, Canadian police announced Tuesday.
Geoffrey Wall was arrested June 1 after investigators say he captained over 900 domestic and international flights from 2009 to 2025, without ever obtaining the proper license or completing the mandatory testing.
"This investigation and the details surrounding it read like a movie script," Peel Regional Police deputy chief Milinovich said in a news conference in Ontario. "(Wall) rose to the position of pilot in command where for almost 17 years they flew Boeing 767s, 777, and 787s," while earning nearly $3 million Canadian dollars (more than $2 million US dollars) salary.
