British Airways have banned one of their captains from flying flying planes after it was alleged he had concealed his anger management issues.
A report was submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in January, alleging that the pilot's medical records had been altered to hide a history of sudden outbursts of anger.
The CAA, which oversees air travel in the United Kingdom and issues licenses for civilian pilots, instructed British Airways to ground the captain while the claims were investigated.
The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was stopped from flying planes but has not been formally suspended from the airline yet.
A source familiar with the situation said The Sun: ‘The thought of a captain in control of passengers at 30,000ft suddenly becoming very angry is completely unacceptable.
‘If he had a history of anger management issues in his medical records, he would not be allowed to fly.
‘Falsifying medical records is an extremely serious accusation and would be a criminal act of dishonestly obtaining a job.
‘Superiors had no option but to ground the pilot while an investigation was ongoing.’
CAA declined to provide a comment for this story.
British Airways has been under scrutiny for its staff's behavior before.
Last September, a pilot from the airline was fired after he boasted to colleagues about snorting cocaine off of a topless woman just hours before he was supposed to fly back to the UK.
Mike Beaton, from Devon, is said to have sent texts to a flight attendant assigned to work on the flight, saying he was ‘so f**ked I couldn’t even lift my head’ after a night of partying.
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