British Airways pilot grounded after ‘covering up anger issues’

British Airways have banned one of their captains from flying planes after it was alleged he had covered up his history of anger management issues. 

A whistleblower complaint is understood to have been filed with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) earlier in January, claiming that a medical history of lashing out without warning had been scrubbed from the pilot’s record. 

The body, which regulates airfare in the United Kingdom and issues licenses for civilian pilots, told British Airways the captain should be grounded while the allegations were investigated. 

The man, who has not been identified, was prevented from flying planes but is reported to not yet have been formally suspended from the airline. 

A source with knowledge of the issue told The Sun: ‘The idea of a captain in charge of passengers at 30,000ft suddenly lashing out in fits of rage is a big no-no.

‘If anger management problems were part of his medical history, there is no chance he’d be allowed to fly. 

‘Falsifying medical records is an incredibly serious accusation and would fall into the criminal realm of fraudulently acquiring a job. 

‘Bosses had no choice but to ground the pilot while a probe was ongoing.’

CAA declined to provide a comment for this story.

It’s not the first time British Airways has found itself in the hot seat for the behaviour of its staff.

Last September, a pilot with the airline was sacked from his job after he bragged to colleagues about snorting cocaine off of a topless woman just hours before he was due to fly back to the UK. 

Mike Beaton, from Devon, is understood to have written in texts to a stewardess due to work on the flight that he’d been left ‘so f**ked I couldn’t even lift my head’ after being out partying all night.

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