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? asked in Cars & TransportationAircraft · 7 years ago

How did Frank Abengale manage to fool Pan AM into thinking he was a pilot for such a long time?

I'm a private pilot and i'm pretty sure I couldn't bullshxt my way into the flight deck of an airliner.So assuming the film "catch me if you can" is an accurate portrayal how did Abengale manage it without been a pilot of any kind(other than a fake one).

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  • 7 years ago
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    He never flew on PanAm aircraft he dressed in a PanAm uniform and got free flights on other airlines that's how he never got caught because the other airlines never questioned him.

  • 7 years ago

    very casual (effectively non-existent) security and documentation requirements.

    anybody who looked and acted like an airline pilot was assumed to be one.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Some people are just master bullsh1tters.

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