Ex-flight attendant posed as pilot to rack up hundreds of free flights, prosecutors say

Dallas Pokornik, a 33-year-old former Canadian flight attendant, allegedly used fake airline IDs to obtain tickets reserved for pilots and flight attendants and even sought cockpit jump-seat access, enabling him to rack up hundreds of free flights from U.S. carriers. He was indicted on wire fraud in Hawaii, arrested in Panama, extradited, and pleaded not guilty as the four-year scheme unfolded; the airlines involved were not publicly named in court papers.