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California Man Sentenced to Prison for Piloting Private Jets without a Type Rating
On April 27, 2016, Arnold Gerald Leto III was arrested on federal charges of illegally piloting a private airplane from Los Angeles to Las Vegas without a pilot’s license. The Department of Justice and FAA determined that Leto had illegally piloted a number of flights dating back to at least 2015, and he ultimately pleaded guilty to the charges. This week, Leto was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison, and required to pay a $5,500 fine. (www.flyingmag.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
There are lots of particulars we don't know and I certainly haven't read the FAA report. It is possible this individual owns the jet and would have been afforded type rating training as part of the purchase package. If so, that would open another can of worms in the aircraft sales industry. Sometimes the FAA catches on, catches the culprit, brings charges and gets to take the individual off the street. If you've been in the aviation industry long enough you realize these situations happen more often than the public realizes.
in 11 months AFTER he gets out of the clink.
I bet he gets hired by another company, aka, US Black Op's, etc @ $120k.
if the guy can "really fly" a bucket of rivets, someone, somewhere will find a place for him,
just not under FAA control........
I bet he gets hired by another company, aka, US Black Op's, etc @ $120k.
if the guy can "really fly" a bucket of rivets, someone, somewhere will find a place for him,
just not under FAA control........
My guess is he may have owned the aircraft or bullshitted someone that did own it into letting him fly it, bottom line is you have zero insurance if there's a accident likewise he was probably rated at one time and lost his license do to a incident or lost his medical, I'm a 2000 hour instrument rated pilot and I wouldn't attempt to fly a private without a lot instruction.
It really doesn't take two people to fly a Falcon 10, one qualified type rated pilot can do it safely, its only when you are hauling paying customers that you run afoul of the FAA.
The headline states the guy did not have a TYPE RATING, then in the body of the story it states the guy flew without a LICENSE. Two vastly different things. Is this a case of a reporter not knowing the difference?
First offense- no type rating. Before last offense, FAA pulled his license. Two offenses different times. We are plagued with journalistic offenses like poor, inaccurate reporting - this does not appear to be one of them.
Joel, the world is full of journalistic that do not know the diff eg high wing v low wing JET or Tubo/prop so I never take notice of their reporting . CHEERS
My mistake - sorry, however the headline, in my humble opinion, should in that case have referred to the last offence. Not to worry - he did break the law.