He volunteered to clean the aircraft and grease the engines and in return the chief pilot would take him up for a ride.

The base initially employed 100 pilots, including a chief pilot.

She was later promoted to flight school manager and chief pilot.

Testing determined that pilot error was the cause as a braking force was found to have been applied by the chief pilot during takeoff.

An audit had uncovered 119 breaches, and saw the chief pilot's endorsement revoked.